DeanoC do you know when you get the final PS3 Harware?

[Bad_Boy]

NDA anybody?

 

[version]

dualcell, nda a very shit thing

 

[Carl B]

Sometimes you guys really are a bit naïve...

Hey I don't see estimated dev kit arrival times as an NDA issue, maybe I'm wrong.

 

[one]

dualcell, nda a very shit thing
http://web.axelero.hu/varga1973/ps3.JPG

So at least ProDG for PS3 is already in hands of the certified devs.

 

[ERP]

Lets just say that the current dev kits look nothing like that image.
Final devkits are not in devs hands yet.

 

[Nite_Hawk]

Lets just say that the current dev kits look nothing like that image.
Final devkits are not in devs hands yet.

Let me guess, a bit more like the giant watercooled box that toshiba was showing off?

Nite_Hawk

 

[_phil_]

Let me guess, a bit more like the giant watercooled box that toshiba was showing off?

Nite_Hawk

no :an in between.

 

[nAo]

 

[Alpha_Spartan]

Where's the vents? Back to the drawing board!!!

~December. That's ~this week.

 

[Titanio]

Where's the vents? Back to the drawing board!!!

~December. That's ~this week.

Or next week, or the week after, or the week after that..

I expect we will eventually get confirmation that final kits are "out there", but I would not expect it to come immediately upon their arrival. We'll probably find out indirectly, after the fact. Or maybe in January if Sony really starts opening up then.

 

[Carl B]

Where's the vents? Back to the drawing board!!!

~December. That's ~this week.

It's a blade setup.

 

[JHoxley]

dualcell, nda a very shit thing

That's funny. Why would any sensible professional come onto a public forum and use either a public ID (or potentially leave a "digital trail") and reveal NDA information just for the hell of it?

It's almost not worth asking about.

Jack

 

[Alpha_Spartan]

It's a blade setup.

O RLY?

 

[weaksauce]

And a... What's a blade setup?

 

[Carl B]

And a... What's a blade setup?

It's the typical 'dense' server setup form-factor.

On the side, it doesn't seem outlandish at all that Sony would be pursuing such a design, considering that IBM has already developed a blade form factor Cell setup, and Mercury will be utilizing one as well (though based on IBM's reference I believe).

 

[one]

It's a blade setup.

I think it's 1U rack server (pizzabox) rather than blade.

BTW, Embedded Technology 2005 (http://www.jasa.or.jp/et/english/index.html) conference was held at Yokohama, Japan in Nov 15-18, and at the panel discussion Masakazu Suzuoki said they'd start to supply workstations with 3.2Ghz Cell to PS3 developers in December, which indicates they are on the track.

http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20051120/224899/

 

[Alpha_Spartan]

It's the typical 'dense' server setup form-factor.

On the side, it doesn't seem outlandish at all that Sony would be pursuing such a design, considering that IBM has already developed a blade form factor Cell setup, and Mercury will be utilizing one as well (though based on IBM's reference I believe).

It always seems as if Sony is too sophisticated than they need to be. A server blade? Has Sony seen most developer's work areas? Oh well, I guess. Devs can always install a rackmount kit on the upper half of their cubicle.

Also, hell, you can stack a couple of pizza boxes on that bitch AND it will keep them warm. Sony engineering FTW!

 

[Carl B]

I think it's 1U rack server (pizzabox) rather than blade.

Yeah you're right, I just call all the thin form factors 'blades' for expediency. I thought my meaning would come through.

BTW, Embedded Technology 2005 (http://www.jasa.or.jp/et/english/index.html) conference was held at Yokohama, Japan in Nov 15-18, and at the panel discussion Masakazu Suzuoki said they'd start to supply workstations with 3.2Ghz Cell to PS3 developers in December, which indicates they are on the track.

http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20051120/224899/

Cell's at 3.2 GHz isn't what I'm worried about though - it's the RSX we need more information on...

 

[Alpha_Spartan]

In addition, I thought current PS3 dev kits already have 3.2 GHz Cells in them. IIRC, the only thing that seperates betas from final kits is the RSX and the motherboard (with all the memory interfaces and chipsets and shit).

 

[avaya]

In addition, I thought current PS3 dev kits already have 3.2 GHz Cells in them. IIRC, the only thing that seperates betas from final kits is the RSX and the motherboard (with all the memory interfaces and chipsets and shit).

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We haven't seen any 3.2GHz Cells in the wild yet!