Comments for: Cell processor gets Linux kernel support

#1. Posted at 03:45 AM on Mar 22nd 2006

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UberGerbil

Does nothing in itself to make Cell any easier to code for, though.

#1, Not that everybody is going to code assembly anyway. The eff... : muyuubyou (#2) «

#2, Not to knock GCC, but it will be a long time before it is... : jdevers (#8) «

#1, Actually, it does. They cooked up some kind of nifty library... : nagashi (#4) «

#4, Game programmers, with all respect, are usually the lowes... : Shintai (#5) «

#5, Where is your respect? and how do you know? : muyuubyou (#10) «

#5, Not console programmers, not by a long shot. Console g... : nagashi (#12) «

#4, That's not unique to the Linux implementation, and in any... : UberGerbil (#13) «

#13, Written in assembly? I'd imagine most of these newer t... : Crayon Shin Chan (#15) «

#15, They share very little besides assets. It's called ... : muyuubyou (#17) «

#6. Posted at 07:33 AM on Mar 22nd 2006

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Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman

I hope this could drive the popularity of Linux-based games. I guess the biggest reason why people stay with Winblows is because the rarity of games in Linux, but if we have more Linux games, who knows?

#6, Actually linux people using Wine killed the few companies th... : Shintai (#7) «

#7, Still I wonder: would this also drive consoles (except Xb... : Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman (#11) «

#7, Epic Games (http://epicgames.com/).. still around. Id Soft... : dragondestroyer (#14) «

#7, Actually it was Microsoft making a close standard (Direct... : thebluesgnr (#16) «

#9. Posted at 07:56 AM on Mar 22nd 2006

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lindy01

Hopefully we can get some real benchmarks now. It would be good to see an application bench mark using Linux on the Cell, AMD FX, and Conroe.

They could also compare heat and power. The next question would be how well they could meet the demand if it was popular.

#3. Posted at 06:05 AM on Mar 22nd 2006

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Crayon Shin Chan

Good. Good. I'm loving it! Go Linux!! And most importantly, Go PS3!!! Just make sure that Final Fantasy titles still come out for the PS....