On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:06:36 +0200, Alan Grimes wrote:

>> 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.

Why do everything yourself, Alan. Convince your customer that *they* need  
one

- http://www.google.com/search?q=16-way+single+image+dual+core+libra

and get payed for playing with it :)

/Klaus

> 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. =\
>