Installing the IBM Full-System Simulator for the Cell Broadband Engine Processor
Note: This use to be part of the download of the IBM Cell SDK but they separated it for some reason.
It can be found here: http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/cellsystemsim
Just download the rpm that matches your processor architecture.
Once installed it is located: /opt/ibm/systemsim-cell/
Posted in CELL.
– June 12, 2009
Here is a running list of resource that I have found useful.
CELL Broadband Engine Resource Center
Overview of Cell Broadband Engine and SDK Downloads
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/power/cell/
IBM – System Software Information Page
IBM Documentation Page – Contains much of the CELL SDK resources that IBM provides.
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/systems/scope/syssw/index.jsp
Posted in CELL.
– June 12, 2009
I purchased a PS3 sometime ago and have used it for gaming and as a multimedia device. It is an amazing piece of hardware and as a software developer I have the urge to learn how to code for it.
Sony did a great favor in allowing us to install ANY Linux operating system as an Other OS. But with the limited memory that exists on the PS3 it leaves us with a less than ideal development environment. It is manageable but I wanted to use a different pc for development.
I decided to install the newest version of Fedora at the time, which is Fedora 11. Unfortunately even Fedora 10 has not received official support by IBM. But I decided to go ahead anyways and just fix any complications that come my way.
By the way the official name of the Cell SDK is called:
IBM SDK for Multicore Acceleration Version 3.1
Download SDK and Tools:
Download Developer SDK package from the CELL Broadband Engine Resource Center
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/power/cell/downloads.html
Note: If you do not have a universal IBM user ID then you will have to get one. Do not worry the registration process is free.
Choose: “Download SDK 3.1 for Fedora 9 from developerWorks”
Select all the packages and click I agree to the license.
Then Click I Confirm.
Installing SDK:
But after all that there where no install errors. So it looks like we can start development on our Fedora 11 System.
I will continue to dive deaper and report any other issues that may arise from it being installed on Fedora 11.
– June 12, 2009
If you are new to the Linux Community, Fedora is a distribution of Linux developed by the community-supported Fedora Project. Fedora is sponsored by Red Hat and is based on Red Hat Linux.
The main goal of fedora is to contain only free software with open source licenses. Fedora also released every 6 months they have a second goal of providing access to leading edge technologies. Many of the features that exist in Red Hat Enterprise Linux are first integrated and tested in Fedora before first making their way to RHEL.
One interesting thing to note is that the Fedora developers make upstream changes instead of fixes for Fedora. This means that if a bug is found and fixed for Fedora it will be available to all Linux Distributions.
A few new features in Fedora 11:
Well enough said if you want to find out more about fedora you can visit http://fedoraproject.org/ which is the home of the Fedora Project.
Also do not forget to download it and try it!
Posted in Fedora.
– June 11, 2009
I would like to introduce myself, I am a distracted coder. More professionally I am known as a Software Engineer.
I started this blog just to rant and rave about things and share the knowledge that I pick up in my adventures in Programming, Computers and, Technology in general. There will be no distinct theme to this blog because my interests are always changing. But regardless I hope you still remain interested in what I have to say and that there is something for everyone.
I will try to post as much as possible because I would like to gain a real audience even if it is just a handful.
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Posted in General.
– June 9, 2009
