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Linux For Cell Processor Workstation

Posted by timothy on from the interesting-things-on-the-horizon dept.

News for nerds writes "The Cell processor from Sony, Toshiba and IBM, has been known as the chip that powers the upcoming PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, but except for that very little is known about how it's applied to a real use. This time, at LinuxTag 2005 from 22nd to 25rd June 2005, at Messe- und Kongresszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany, Arnd Bergmann of IBM will speak about the Cell Processor programming model under Linux, and the Linux kernel in the first Cell Processor-based workstation computer, which premieres at Linuxtag 2005."

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  1. I thought that the PS3 was going to be real by 0racle · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Then again "Nothing for you to see, move along," sort of sums up what I know about this so called cell processor thing. Maybe the PS3 is just a dream.

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  2. Re:The Linux role in hardware design by robbyjo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    pushed into the anals of history

    What a nice expression ;). It's annals.

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  3. Re:The Linux role in hardware design by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant
    ..." this has been pushed into the anals of history"

    well, uhmm, obviously you mean those who know no history are doomed to repeat it. So, you could say they're in a loop with their heads up their collective asses.

    Just trying to help you save cheek.

  4. Re:The Linux role in hardware design by StarsAreAlsoFire · · Score: 0, Redundant

    With Linux, this has been pushed into the anals of history

    An interesting choice of typos. Unintentional (I presume) and yet....