With the new Linux compatible PS3 console about to be released around November, I would like to know if the Amiga OS will be made compatible with this new Open Source platform.
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classic Amiga motherboard :
- a) system chip Motorola 68k
- b) co-op chipz of chipset
2.
classic Amiga motherboard(via Virtualization OR Emulation) on the Cell chip :
Cell chip including :
- a) system core - Power Processor Element :
The PPE is based on the POWER Architecture, which is the basis of IBM's line of POWER and PowerPC offerings. The PPE is not intended to perform all primary processing for the system, but rather to act as a controller for the other eight SPEs, which handle most of the computational workload. The PPE will work with conventional operating systems due to its similarity to other 64-bit PowerPC processors, and because the SPEs are designed for vectorized floating point code execution. The PPE contains a 16 KiB instruction and data Level 1 cache and a 512 KB Level 2 cache. Additionally, IBM has included a VMX (AltiVec) unit in the Cell PPE.
- b) co-op corez - Eight Synergistic Processing Elements (SPE)
In one typical usage scenario, the system will load the SPEs with small programs (similar to threads), chaining the SPEs together to handle each step in a complex operation. For instance, a set-top box might load programs for reading a DVD, video and audio decoding, and display, and the data would be passed off from SPE to SPE until finally ending up on the TV. Another possibility is to partition the input data set and have several SPEs performing the same kind of operation in parallel. At 3.2 GHz, each SPE gives a theoretical 25.6 GFLOPS of single precision performance. The PPE's VMX unit is fully pipelined for double precision floating point and can complete two double precision operations per clock cycle, which translates to 6.4 GFLOPS at 3.2 GHz; or eight single precision operations per clock cycle, which translates to 25.6 GFLOPS at 3.2 GHz
there is something similair ,but ...
... we can only wait OR programmning
... sleep OR working
... just talking about OR forget...
3.
end :
Easy way - Cell->Linux->Emulation->AmigaOS classic
Hard way? - Cell->Virtualization->AmigaOS-like Open Source OS , amigaOS compatible ?
ps:
maybe this way - Cell->Virtualization->AmigaOS 5 - Powered by Cell
can we only dreaming all the time ? or comming AmigaNA (new age) soon ? we dont know . just thinking about it
ps2: sorry 4 my english . maybe i`ll write more next time .
