From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 09:51:45 -0500 From: Eric Van Hensbergen To: andrey mirtchovski , Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Plan9 on the Cell... In-Reply-To: <14ec7b1805052723296c07ac34@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <36111140-8D4D-41B7-BCA2-17659EA08E26@telus.net> <6e35c06205052416184b8a53c8@mail.gmail.com> <4F856954-0FD7-4B6C-914B-8E468BBD0DA7@telus.net> <14ec7b1805052723296c07ac34@mail.gmail.com> Cc: Topicbox-Message-UUID: 575cbffe-ead0-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 5/28/05, andrey mirtchovski wrote: > ibm to offer cells to appear in blades. plan9 port even more necessary: >=20 > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/27/ibm_demos_cell/ >=20 Don't count on these being generally available. Rumor is that the primary target is game development customers, so they'll be as expensive as the "Cell Workstations" (which are pricey - not anywhere close to commodity). -eric