PlayStation3 target
James Lee
jbit at jbit.net
Thu Mar 29 05:02:17 EDT 2007
I think we should evaluate the PS3 as a common target (I know you guys
are targeting mac/etc, but I mean for the future)
PS3 pros:
* Mass produced 64bit PowerPC platform
* Boots any OS out-of-the-box (without hacks)
* Large install base
* Hypervisor hardware abstraction (drivers are super easy to write)
* Standard hardware platform (don't need a million drivers)
* USB 2.0/SATA/blu-ray/HDMI/SD/CF/gbit ethernet... so it's pretty
modern standard interfaces generally
* SPU processors are perfect for gold
* Complete cell simulator available for free from IBM
* Super fast RAM/busses/etc
* Might be able to port open firmware easily, in which case it will
act extremly similar to a mac.
* Jbit has alot of experience with this platform.
PS3 cons:
* only 256MBytes of RAM (and 256MBytes of graphics RAM)
* No hardware drawing access (yet?)
* Slow (in-order-execution) CPU
* Can't upgrade RAM or CPU
* Pretty expensive at the moment
* Hypervisor hardware abstraction (no direct access to most hardware)
* No easy debug solution on consumer units
* Jbit might be limited to what he can release/work on.
Let me know your thoughts on this.
I might start looking into porting open firmware or another
standardish firmware to "otherOS".
--jbit
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