[ydl-gen] YDL for CUDA 6.3

[JON ASSS]

i have no idea who the fuk u r ? who r u ? and is this linux for the new
updates on ps3 because building a os for old version would b pointless

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Derick Centeno <dcenteno at ydl.net> wrote:

> Interesting link, thanks!
>
> OSU probably got it through ydl.net; you can read about it here:
> http://www.ydl.net/ydl_cuda/
>
> Your question regarding "where the users hang out...?" is best seen
> within context of IBM's decision to incorporate PowerPC/Cell based
> strategies into multi-core development which integrated better with GPUs
> such as Nvidia and other high performance systems.  Fixstars, in my
> view, moved the YDL product line into a reasonable future with a great
> deal of longevity for those interested in working and programming in
> these areas of technology which utilize the full benefits of high-end
> systems such as advanced research and systems, including super-clusters.
>
> The options available for less determined individuals and institutions
> have remained restricted especially as the ability to run Linux on Cell
> based systems close to the consumer market (the PS3, Xbox, and Wii)
> really doesn't exist.  In nearly ever case Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo
> aggressively resist any Linux project successfully utilizing their
> hardware. It is a different argument entirely whether Sony could have
> avoided their current predicament or whether the strategies other
> vendors pursued in the game market spared them Sony's fate.  In any
> case, the result is the same as far as the use of Linux is concerned on
> advanced hardware -- the "dead pool" appearance of what used to be "hot"
> years ago is understandable, although regrettable in that context.
>
> If there is any resurrection of the YDL community to what it was I'm
> very sure that it's vibrancy will be different for the key factors which
> helped drive excitement and curiosity within the consumer market such as
> integrating Linux with powerful, yet cheap hardware, repackaged by
> dynamic CEOs are not present or visible (publicly) as they used to be.
>
> As for Linux with CUDA releases, Fixstars appears to have continued what
> I believe Terra Soft Solutions did rather well -- streamlining Linux to
> work with amazing hardware.  It takes time to observe, as a consumer,
> what is going on in this very different, and uniquely narrow, market
> especially as developments may tend to be and remain for some time,
> outside the area of typical consumer interest.
>
> As far as "trying CUDA out" there's a lot of work going on but it
> appears to be centered in Asia primarily as the level of engineering
> skill available has been reported to be higher.  Fortunately Google
> Translate exists which can be helpful in translating current technical
> documents discussing CUDA programming and other details from Japanese or
> Chinese or Korean into English.  My own skills in those languages are
> rather fundamental but strong enough to understand that Google Translate
> though useful is very, very limited.  There's nothing like studying the
> languages and related cultures directly as unlike English, they are more
> ancient and highly contextual.
>
>
> On 5/30/2011 3:07 AM, Robert Spykerman wrote:
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I have just discovered that fixstars have just got off a 6.3 release on
> > their x86 CUDA distribution and am just downloading it to have a look.
> > Notably, I found out about it not from fixstars themselves but rather:
> >
> > http://www.yellowdog-board.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7860
> > <http://www.yellowdog-board.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7860>
> >
> > Does anyone know anything about this release? I am wondering if it is
> > all worthwhile looking at in the first place given that it appears on
> > superficial googling there is very little chatter on the net, at least
> > publicly, about their CUDA releases whatsoever in the first place. Not a
> > lot even here. Where do their users hang out?
> >
> > I am just wondering about the future of their x86 release(s) and if
> > there's any point at all trying it out.
> >
> > Could I ask if anyone here is in the know, or could point me to the
> > right place?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
> >
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