Professional use of PS3

[Derick Centeno]

Hi Kaliteal18!

It is probably best that you communicate with TSS directly before you make a
decision.  In order to help you here are two links.  The first link addresses a
variety of questions which perhaps you have:

http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/products/faq/

The next link provides to you official TSS contacts which should be useful to
you.  The Linux version of NX-Nastran you mention is probably for Intel systems
only.  In my view, a Linux version of NX-Nastran for Intel will not be
competitive with the kind of Cell/PowerPC specific programming which TSS can
implement.  As I discussed previously, the choice of processor used should be
considered within the context of scientific accuracy and effectiveness a task
requires.

http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/tss_contact.shtml

Personally, I cannot say that there are open source programs running within the
PowerPC universe comparable to NX-Nastran.  The best strategy for you is to ask
TSS directly.  Here is another link to do just that:

http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/products/y-hpc/quote-request.shtml

As the company which produces NX-Nastran specializes in coding for Intel
systems only, you may most likely require unique services from TSS to:

* achieve superior processing power the Cell can provide
* utilize fully the advantages of moving to Cell processing for your projects.

Good Luck...

On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 20:14:18 -0300
kalitea18 <kalitea18 at ig.com.br> wrote:

> Hello, 
> in first place thanks for the answer. I think i dont explain the situation 
> properly. We have an analysis and development group in our University (UFBA 
> Federal university of Bahia) here in Brasil and our demand of computational 
> power is growin very fast. We have planed to buy one workstation with 2 
> Xeons quad but first i want to make shure that its the only way to go. In 
> the project Folding/Home i see what the PS3 are capable of so will be very 
> interesting if instead of a single workstation we buy 3 or 4 PS3 to do the 
> work. The software that we use for the analysis (NX-Nastran) have one Linux 
> version and what i need to now is if anyone already make something like 
> this. Unfortunately i cant afort to pay for one PS3 (if i could i brought 
> one for myself a long time ago and dont have to bother anyone whith this 
> questioning :D ). 
> 
> 
> Ps. Sorry my poor english and thanks again :) 
> 
> 


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