From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1F79BC69 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:12:47 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAMNRH0fAXQInh2dsb2JhbACCcotpAgEICik X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,326,1188770400"; d="scan'208,217";a="5067075" Received: from concorde.inria.fr ([192.93.2.39]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 24 Oct 2007 23:12:47 +0200 Received: from mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr (mail1-relais-roc.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.82]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l9OLCkM9008900 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:12:47 +0200 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.21,326,1188770400"; d="scan'208,217";a="3611640" Received: from smtpoutm.mac.com ([17.148.16.80]) by mail1-smtp-roc.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 24 Oct 2007 23:12:46 +0200 Received: from mac.com (asmtp009-s [10.150.69.72]) by smtpoutm.mac.com (Xserve/smtpout017/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id l9OLCjLW015869 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:12:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.8.101] (c-24-218-151-219.hsd1.ma.comcast.net [24.218.151.219]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/asmtp009/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id l9OLCXmJ018905 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:12:42 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) In-Reply-To: <666572260710241229r3b9c63cdjf78fbd710d5664a1@mail.gmail.com> References: <20071023165211.GA8917@furbychan.cocan.org> <471F9006.8000905@inria.fr> <666572260710241229r3b9c63cdjf78fbd710d5664a1@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-4-204874998 Message-Id: <15E07C83-B071-40B2-9748-764D1F51DB47@mac.com> From: Gordon Henriksen Subject: Re: [Caml-list] OCaml on ppc64 (Linux)? Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:13:59 -0400 To: caml-list@inria.fr X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-j-chkmail-Score: MSGID : 471FB54F.000 on concorde : j-chkmail score : X : 0/20 1 0.000 -> 1 X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 471FB54F.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 ocaml:01 powerpc:01 more-or-less:01 theorical:01 powerpc:01 more-or-less:01 theorical:01 2007,:98 revolution:98 2007,:98 revolution:98 wrote:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 --Apple-Mail-4-204874998 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Oct 24, 2007, at 15:29, Adrien wrote: > 2007/10/24, Xavier Leroy : > >> Then someone told me that the Playstation 3 is a PPC64/Linux =20 >> platform... I'm still not quite sure whether having OCaml on =20 >> PPC64/Linux is worth the effort, even if we had the corresponding =20 >> hardware. > > PlayStation3's processor (the Cell) has some parenty with powerpc =20 > but it mostly has differences (cell is a ppc6). It has many cores =20 > and in fact a variable number of more-or-less specialized cores. =20 > It's a sort of revolution because its SMP capabilities are really =20 > different from thos of a Core2Duo or of an Athlon64X2. I think =20 > there is at least a theorical interest as it seems to perfectly fit =20= > simultaneous processing (but maybe not so close). The SPUs are quite unique, but the PPU (the likely target of an Ocaml =20= implementation) is a fairly ordinary PowerPC. =97 Gordon --Apple-Mail-4-204874998 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252
On Oct 24, 2007, at 15:29, Adrien wrote:

2007/10/24, Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr>:
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Then someone = told me that the Playstation 3 is a PPC64/Linux=A0

PlayStation3's processor (the Cell) has some parenty = with powerpc but=A0it mostly has differences = (cell is a ppc6). It has many cores and in=A0fact a variable number of = more-or-less specialized cores.=A0It's a sort of revolution because its = SMP capabilities are really=A0different from thos of a Core2Duo or of an = Athlon64X2. I think there=A0is at least a theorical interest as it seems = to perfectly fit=A0simultaneous processing (but maybe not so = close).

The SPUs are = quite unique, but the PPU (the likely target of an Ocaml implementation) = is a fairly ordinary PowerPC.

=97 Gordon

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