> Thanks for collecting the refs. The front page for the plurion
> is the swiki page:
> http://www.merlintec.com:8080/hardware/Plurion
> It needs more google hits, so link to it! :)

Okay,
Nice,
Fine.

Call me a cynical bastard but unless I can go down to the local
mega-mart and buy one for $1,000, or even $10,000, in a usable form, it
doesn't even exist, period.

It started when I started hearing hype around the Cell Broadband engine.
For years I heard about it. Always my question was WHEN CAN I GET ONE?
Can I use it for general purpose computing? Can I put it in one of the
vacant 64x66 PCI slots in my machine?

As of today, it is still vaporware to me because I can only get it in a
PSX3 which I am not in the market for at present, all other solutions
appear to be either too expensive or incompatible with my current system.

OpenSparc.net is another example of a fine if not perfect architecture
that you'll never (within the forseeable future) be able to get your
hands on.

Unless you are intent on fueling my feelings of alienation and
disempowerment from the computing industry in general, just don't even
mention this kind of thing. =\

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