[PD] pd on ps3

[Arie van Schutterhoef]

>It would require a compiler that takes advantage of the SPE units to run
>well.  IBM has >one (no idea about the cost) used for professional
>development.  It is not a simple chip >to program for and without
>extensive work done on parallel processing it doesn't perform >up to
>potential.  Once that work is done on the software it should outmatch any
>PC >hardware.
-In HPC-circles (the people with the largest computing iron...), the Cell
processor
 has stirred quite some emotions. The relatively unknown Mercury Computer
works with IBM:
 http://www.mc.com/cell/products/view/index.cfm?id=5&type=Software

When the Cell is able to produce 64bit double precison floats it's very
likely that'll
it replace a lot of big iron. IBM has included it in its proposal for this
coming round of
DARPA HPC competition.

AvS