Tom Buskey wrote: > IBM was working on a Cell on a card to plug into a motherboard for use > in supercomputer clusters. Much like nvidea's tesla gpu cards. > > > Fixstars, formerly known as terrasoftsolutions has an equivalent item http://www.fixstars.com/en/products/gigaaccel180/ If this was around when I started, it would have been good. However, for the moment I am stuck with http://www.fixstars.com/en/products/bladecenter/qs22/
If I had the high speed link, I'd be golden. Right now, I don't have the budget for it. So back to the slow 1Gb network stuff... :( > On 10/11/09, Jim Kuzdrall <gnh...@intrel.com> wrote: > >> Greetings Bruce, >> >> Interesting and challenging project! >> >> On Saturday 10 October 2009 15:20, Bruce Labitt wrote: >> >>> For anyone that is remotely interested, here is the big picture for >>> the problem I'm trying to solve. If you are not interested, hey >>> delete the post. Won't irritate me in the least! >>> >>> >> If you just transferred the data (no framing or error checking), how >> many bits per second must you transfer to keep up with the FFT data >> production? >> >> Did you explore adding a dedicated FFT card to your control >> computer? The algorithms they build into the hardware are much, much >> faster than compiled software. The local board would keep the data in >> your control computer - with DMA, I assume - eliminating the transfer >> problem. >> >> I know a fellow who now works for Apple whose job is to optimize FFT >> algorithms to the processor they use. Assembly language, of course. >> Why is Apple interested? Faster FFT, faster MP3 translation, longer >> battery life. A very high payoff. >> >> Jim Kuzdrall >> _______________________________________________ >> gnhlug-discuss mailing list >> gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >> >> > > _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/