Operating System On PS3

[naveen_reloaded]

Yes, Yellow Dog Linux is optimised for the cell processor, no other Linux distribution is as refined for a cell processor as much as Yellow Dog Linux is.

Fedora core5 had reports of stable operation on the PS3



You can run virtual machines but since there is only 25MB XDR memory, things will be at snails pace.



You cannot use the graphics core of the PS3 when you are running an altrenate OS. Which means there is no additional graphics capability, no games, no 3D editing. You will not be able to run all the usual games that run on a linux PC as the graphics core is still locked by Sony. You can only play arcade type games. There is a very good reason why sony has limited the graphics core but not that good a reason for general public.

afaik
sony does allow and does want to make or function ps3 like a home computer

The PS3's hardware has also been used to build supercomputers for high-performance computing.[113] Terra Soft Solutions has a version of Yellow Dog Linux for the PlayStation 3,[114] and sells PS3s with Linux pre-installed,[115] in single units, and 6 and 32 node clusters.[116] In addition, RapidMind is pushing their stream programming package for the PS3.[117] Also, on January 3, 2007, Dr. Frank Mueller, Associate Professor of Computer Science at NCSU, clustered 8 PS3s. Mueller commented that the 512 MB of system RAM is a limitation for this particular application, and is considering attempting to retrofit more RAM. Software includes: Fedora Core 5 Linux ppc64, MPICH2, OpenMP v2.5, GNU Compiler Collection and CellSDK 1.1.[118][119][120] (for more information on PS3 clusters, see Playstation 3 cluster)

On March 22, 2007, SCE and Stanford University released the Folding@Home project for the PlayStation 3.[121] This program allows PS3 owners to lend the computing power of their consoles to help study the physical process of protein folding.

i may wrong but these are taken from wiki.. and soem wheere i read that ps3 is made to make ps3 a full fledged home entertainment system,..
mow now itself it has browser, and ability to install linux,
ya may be the ram is limiting factor, ook then wht about xp ??? home version or something that sort.????

 

[Cyrus_the_virus]

afaik
sony does allow and does want to make or function ps3 like a home computer

“Though sold as a game console, what will in fact enter the home is a Cell-based computer.”
--- Ken Kutaragi (Father of Playstation)

The PS3 is intended to be used as a computer but sony doesn't want it to be misused because of it's computing capabilities.

ya may be the ram is limiting factor, ook then wht about xp ??? home version or something that sort.????

You can't run XP directly on the PS because XP is simply not built to run on cell processors, Microsoft has not managed to create a working OS for cell processors till today. Windows is not capable of running on the PS3 hardware. You can only get it to run via a virtual machine. Now when you need to run a virtual machine, it already need to be run on an OS, hence the OS+virtual machine already takes up the 256MB XDR memory space, and hardly any left for the actual working of the virtual machine, hence slow.

i may wrong but these are taken from wiki.. and soem wheere i read that ps3 is made to make ps3 a full fledged home entertainment system,..
mow now itself it has browser, and ability to install linux,

The PS3 as mentioned earlier can be used for complete home entertainment and the only thing you can't do on the PS3 is trying to play 3D accelerated games on the alternate OS like Linux, that is the only thing you can't do. Everything else is possible.

Since servers don't require to tap into a graphical core, the PS3 is excellent for sheer number crunching and is an excellent solution for servers. For eg, check out this:

Warhawk server racks, 45PS3s, £18,000 worth!

*forums.erodov.com/imagehosting/18846bcc90743298.jpg

*blog.us.playstation.com/2007/...rhawk-servers/


The Cell processor is so powerful that it can render amazing visuals itself without the need for a graphics card/core. That is because the cell has the ability to stream, which means, if you connect 2 PS3's via a LAN cable, both work hand in hand like a single CPU and crunch the sh1t out of numbers.

Watch this movie:
*www.gametomorrow.com/minor/ba...aders_560p.mov

 

[infra_red_dude]

^^^ Nothing! None of the windows versions support architectures other than x86, x64 and other server archs. Except Linux (and possibly some hacked BSDs) no other OS will run on PS3.

 

[naveen_reloaded]

cyrus i dont get u ??
ok i have read about this cell procy in digit mag some months/years ago...

can anyone tell me how it works in layman terms,,, how does it differ from normal proccy..???