Play Station 3 and Linux

Wed Mar 15 21:16:38 UTC 2006

On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 03:41:54PM -0500, Byron Sonne wrote:
> >Alas, no info on what distribution is being used
> 
> You know, I've had similar wonderings. Given that the Cell processor is 
> some crazy-ass stuff I think they might roll their own or something... 
> maybe with a heavily modified tool chain? I hope they at least provide 
> an awesome compiler...

The Cell is a powerpc based design.  The compiler will probably be gcc.

Supporting the 7 coprocessor engines will probably require assembly or a
library, or some other such tool.

Len Sorensen
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