zdnet.com.au — "Linus Torvalds released a new Linux kernel on Monday that supports features in IBM's Cell processor, includes Oracle software for clustered databases and improves how the open-source operating system runs on multiprocessor systems." (taken from article)
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Closed AccountMar 22, 2006
"Linux is most widely used on low-end computers, but work still is under way to adapt it for large multiprocessor systems." wtf? I find that somewhat offensive...
longofestMar 23, 2006
Running Oracle on Cell isn't the most efficient idea I've ever heard... Cell might have a heck of a lot of cores, but they are DSP cores which are best suited for graphics or audio and floating point calculations, not integer or string stuff that Oracle would be crunching.
Closed AccountMar 23, 2006
But how many of the world's computers are super computers? Way less than even 0.5%How many ppl have a cell phone but not neccessarily a PC, how many ppl have a cell phone but a windows PC?Stop being stupid and you'll quickly see that the statement that linux is mainly used on low-end equipment is absolutley true!
johnnysoftwareMar 23, 2006
Actually, PS2 has been able to run Linux for several years now. Since 2003, I think. It required only an inexpensive hardware/softare option for about a hundred bucks from Sony.Of course, the Cell processor in the PS3 does probably run blazingly fast compared to the processor in the Sony PS2. Oh, and Xbox 360 uses Cell processor as well.Probably more satisfying to run Linux on a low-cost Mac or PC, though.
htaccessMar 23, 2006
<a class="user" href="http://www.top500.org/stats">http://www.top500.org/stats</a>check Nov 2005, Operating System Family:Linux