autocratic for the people.

IBM has some great whitepapers up regarding PS3 Linux and basic Cell programming technique. Of them, part 1 of the high-performance applications series has the best blend of code and explanation. Search for "Listing 1" to see a code snippet that really says it all: threads are created, sent off to the SPEs (the seven "synergistic" independent processors), and then waited upon for results. Architecting any kind of application around this model sounds difficult, but it's still cool to see the basic structure laid bare.

posted by avixe @ 11:08 PM