[ydl-gen] No video hardware acceleration on PS3

[Derick Centeno]

The link discussing Folding @ Home running on the PS3 is located here:

http://research.scea.com/2006-09-cureatps3/cureatps3.html

This version of Folding @ Home works unlike any other previous version 
of the .... at Home series of scientific projects many have run on their 
computers.  The client once installed and enabled "will connect to the 
Folding @ Home network when the PS3 is powered on, but not used."  What 
this actually means in practice is not elaborated upon.  The article 
does mention that testing and further optimization of this client continues.

The article doesn't clarify which operating system the client will work 
within.   However, it is not unreasonable to infer that as SCE (Sony 
Computer Entertainment) developed the client (Cure at PLAYSTATION3) the 
operating system will most likely the Sony GameOS.
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We will have to wait for an explicit clarification.

Warren Nagourney wrote:
> There is a Folding at home client for the ps3 and it presumably makes  
> use of the RSX. Could one disassemble the code and reverse engineer  
> the calls to the GPU? It would help if one knew about other NVidia  
> units so one would know what the expect. Just a thought...
>
>
> On Dec 1, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Stephen Braithwaite wrote:
>
>   
>> Suppose people did get a project together to port Open GL to  
>> compute its
>> pixels and vertices on the 6 available SPE's...
>> Does anyone know enough about graphics cards to know how fast this  
>> would
>> result.  I think the SPE's would be suitable for this sort of work,  
>> but
>> how would this stack up against a GPU?   Whether or not it would be
>> worth starting such a project would depend on what sort of results  
>> could
>> potentially be obtained.
>>
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