[geeks] PS/3's, Linux, etc, was: Second Life is not a game?

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

On Aug 1, 2007, at 9:50 AM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 09:37:20AM -0400, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
>> The Xeon is a PC, no ?
>>> 2. Does the compiler run on X86?
>>>
>> The Xeon is x86, no?
>
> Does not answer my questions. Second try, hopefully more clearly:
>
> Can I get the same GPU for a PC and will the COMPILER for the GPU  
> run on a PC?
>
> Since the GPU does the work so much faster than an X86 processor,
> I asking if I can wrap a PC around it instead of (if you pardon the
> expression) a toy?
>

http://developer.nvidia.com/object/cuda.html

The compiler itself does run on Linux/x86 and Windows. Then you  
somehow upload your code into the GPU and run it. Sorry I don't know  
the details, but hit the link above.

You can't run the graphics card without putting it in a PC.

For those running Matlab there is some kind of plugin, I am sure  
other plugins for other programs will follow.

--Patrick