>> It would be great to use the GPU ... >> http://developer.nvidia.com/object/nexus.html
> Nay-saying It is a matter of having the Hardware to run the Application not the other way around. We have lots of source code, much works well; but slower than desired. Inexpesive hardware will allow us to try mashup new things that would have been slow. Examples might be: Remote file access (of an encrypted filesystem). ZFS could send the blocks to the Graphics Card (instead of "regular memory") where the data could be decrypted on the fly and presented to the user many times faster than sharing the main processor with the user's Application, file decryption, and NFS or Corba. Develop new error correction techniques for ZFS - how about FFT Error Correction ... Develop an OpenSolaris X11 Graphics Driver that ran a portion of X11 and GL on the Video Card for lightning fast X11 performance using existing (un-modified) programs. Re-write the Optimization subroutines in Sun Studio so they run (much faster) on the Graphics Card. Using more combinations of Optimizations we could test for superior optimization solutions. The result being that the Compiler could produce faster programs simply by recompiling un-modified source code. The Hardware is coming, I only suggest we have some limited support for it so we can write more extensive support for it. Rob -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
