As we emerge from our dreams each day to the realities of our lives we could start with that simple thought.
The PegasosPPC Download (...is here)
We would like to be able to say this in a way that everyone could understand. That is one answer to why we do what we do (here are some more). We will come back to that. Let's get started...
métro-boulot-dodo-NOT
If you are just along for the ride you can stop reading now. Your challenge: be the best you can be. That is the competition. We are in the human line that stretches behind and beyond us. We all can have a role to play. To participate we have to start within ourselves, find firm footing, and launch into the world around us.
"Around" is getting bigger with an Internet that brings us progressively more and more interaction and opportunity. You can explore and learn. You can interact with others. You can contribute.
So here goes...
As much as we like to share our lives with others and share the lives of others we can only do that in the time and space we have and in the community we are. We begin the release of the PegasosPPC design as it is, for what it is. Not all the components have been verified for RoHS compliance. You can certainly manufacture compliant components into a RoHS compliant product using this design; there are plenty of places that can do that. Component suppliers that want to maintain their businesses are likely to support the transition. We don't think that is really that big of a deal. We think there is far more to collectively gain as we cast the design forth than not.
PegasosPPC
There will be none of this: Apple uses SPEC*_rate2000 tests as a foundation for claims that Intel-based Macs outperform PowerPC G4 and G5 by a factor of 2 to 5. Well, yeah. A dual-core anything outperforms a single-core anything else by a factor of 2 to 5 in benchmark tests that make use of multiple threads or processes, tests crafted specifically for the purpose of stressing SMP-based systems. It's murky marketing, and the sad part is that Apple didn't have to resort to it to make Apple's PowerPC-to-Intel switch look like a smart one. Mac users have no choice, and users also know more or less what to expect performance-wise (read the rest).
Freedom is your chance to live to be your best!
The power to change is freedom.
All this week: Solaris is coming to PowerPC. Apple is going to Intel. PegasosPPC goes open source. What is next?
What can you do and what can we do with this power next week and in the weeks to come? The future of the architecture depends on the people that want to use it. Please join and register here to download the first files.
R&B
P.S. Give the PegasosPPC a test drive at TechOnLine. We have two online, one running Gentoo and the other SUSE. Give one a try and... thanks for stopping by!
The PegasosPPC Download (...is here)
We would like to be able to say this in a way that everyone could understand. That is one answer to why we do what we do (here are some more). We will come back to that. Let's get started...
métro-boulot-dodo-NOT
If you are just along for the ride you can stop reading now. Your challenge: be the best you can be. That is the competition. We are in the human line that stretches behind and beyond us. We all can have a role to play. To participate we have to start within ourselves, find firm footing, and launch into the world around us.
"Around" is getting bigger with an Internet that brings us progressively more and more interaction and opportunity. You can explore and learn. You can interact with others. You can contribute.
So here goes...
As much as we like to share our lives with others and share the lives of others we can only do that in the time and space we have and in the community we are. We begin the release of the PegasosPPC design as it is, for what it is. Not all the components have been verified for RoHS compliance. You can certainly manufacture compliant components into a RoHS compliant product using this design; there are plenty of places that can do that. Component suppliers that want to maintain their businesses are likely to support the transition. We don't think that is really that big of a deal. We think there is far more to collectively gain as we cast the design forth than not.
What you see is what you get.
PegasosPPC
There will be none of this: Apple uses SPEC*_rate2000 tests as a foundation for claims that Intel-based Macs outperform PowerPC G4 and G5 by a factor of 2 to 5. Well, yeah. A dual-core anything outperforms a single-core anything else by a factor of 2 to 5 in benchmark tests that make use of multiple threads or processes, tests crafted specifically for the purpose of stressing SMP-based systems. It's murky marketing, and the sad part is that Apple didn't have to resort to it to make Apple's PowerPC-to-Intel switch look like a smart one. Mac users have no choice, and users also know more or less what to expect performance-wise (read the rest).
Freedom is your chance to live to be your best!
The power to change is freedom.
All this week: Solaris is coming to PowerPC. Apple is going to Intel. PegasosPPC goes open source. What is next?
What can you do and what can we do with this power next week and in the weeks to come? The future of the architecture depends on the people that want to use it. Please join and register here to download the first files.
P.S. Give the PegasosPPC a test drive at TechOnLine. We have two online, one running Gentoo and the other SUSE. Give one a try and... thanks for stopping by!
7 comments:
you guys are amazing. this is bold and new thinking. no license, do the best. i hope this starts something new. i still think apple made a big mistake, but they just want to be a distributor of bits now and not computers.
This is nice! :-)
Hm... And how will you maintain Pegasos production after this
'Restriction of Hazardous Substances' law will be enacted?
The same way we do now. The component suppliers want their components to continue to be used post-RoHS, so we expect them to make sure they are. All the major components are already compliant. The manufacturing process we use is capable of being RoHS compliant.
This is not a big deal.
This is a tempest in a teapot.
R&B
Yeah, but how did you make those slides? Power...point? :-)
No, actually it was developed on an old version of Photoshop. Plus, it's not about the tool it is about your ability to use it and Andre is the best!
R&B :-)
Rock on Bill! Pegasos PPC is the best system I've seen in ages! Genesi + Pegasos PPC + Linux= Fun computing.
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