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From: Wes <anomaly256@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
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What kind of plan9 kernel would you like to compile:
auth-server
cpu-server
gpu-server

On 5/6/06, Paul Lalonde <plalonde@telus.net> wrote:
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> Aw, but I'd claim all that fancy 3-D graphics stuff is real
> computation :-)
> But yeah, GPU abuse for general purpose computation is just plain
> scary.  I thank my lucky stars that there is plenty of FLOPS to go
> around in the Cell's SPUs.
>
> Paul
>
> On 5-May-06, at 8:46 AM, erik quanstrom wrote:
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> > if i were doing real computation, i wouldn't use a gpu i'd use a
> > cpu. ;-)
> >
> > - erik
> >
> >> 8G/s? Nowhere near enough.  Enough for text, but try doing real
> >> computation using that GPU...
> >> PS3 is running 25G/s bi-directional.  Those bits move.
> >>
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What kind of plan9 kernel would you like to compile: <br>
auth-server<br>
cpu-server<br>
gpu-server<br><br><div><span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 5/6/06, <b class=3D"g=
mail_sendername">Paul Lalonde</b> &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:plalonde@telus.net"=
>plalonde@telus.net</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
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ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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ll that fancy 3-D graphics stuff is real<br>computation :-)<br>But yeah, GP=
U abuse for general purpose computation is just plain<br>scary.&nbsp;&nbsp;=
I thank my lucky stars that there is plenty of FLOPS to go
<br>around in the Cell's SPUs.<br><br>Paul<br><br>On 5-May-06, at 8:46 AM, =
erik quanstrom wrote:<br><br>&gt; if i were doing real computation, i would=
n't use a gpu i'd use a<br>&gt; cpu. ;-)<br>&gt;<br>&gt; - erik<br>&gt;
<br>&gt;&gt; 8G/s? Nowhere near enough.&nbsp;&nbsp;Enough for text, but try=
 doing real<br>&gt;&gt; computation using that GPU...<br>&gt;&gt; PS3 is ru=
nning 25G/s bi-directional.&nbsp;&nbsp;Those bits move.<br>&gt;&gt;<br><br>=
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