[ydl-gen] Java and SPUs

[Paulo Pinto]

Hi,

thanks for the paper. Looks really interesting.

Cheers,
Paulo

Ian Rogers schrieb:
> Moore, Randy wrote:
>   
>> Doggies,
>>
>> When I first started experimenting with YDL on the PS3 a few months 
>> ago, I installed the IBM Java 1.6 JRE/JDK and got the OpenMap GIS 
>> application running in a few days time. I was a little disappointed in 
>> it's performance, which I attributed mainly to the memory constraints 
>> of the PS3.  I noticed that IBM just announced support for Fortran on 
>> the Cell's PPU, which will allow calls to SPU code written in C/C++.
>>
>> I have experimented with the Java Native Interface to C in the past on 
>> the Windows platform and was curious if anyone out there has attempted 
>> JNI calls to PPU C code that creates threads on the SPU. What would be 
>> really nice is an all Java solution that would allow PPU Java code to 
>> create SPU threads written in Java. Has anyone heard if IBM or anyone 
>> else is looking into Java on the SPU? I realize that memory is a big 
>> concern, but JavaME is used in cell phones and other devices (BluRay 
>> disc), so I figured there might be some chance that something is being 
>> done for the SPU?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Randy
>>
>>     
> Hi Randy,
>
> I think this may interest you:
> http://www.ics.uci.edu/~franz/Site/pubs-pdf/ICS-TR-06-17.pdf
> This system is built from the interpreter only JamVM but similar systems 
> should be possible with cluster/distributed JVMs such as dJVM and JESSICA.
>
> Regards,
> Ian
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