Play Station 3 and Linux

[Andrej Marjan]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> 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.
>   

I doubt it. Here's a short write-up with links to the relevant paper 
(fascinating read) and related sites:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060225-6265.html
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