From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 29 14:09:47 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F7451065670 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:09:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gonzo@launchpad.bluezbox.com) Received: from launchpad.bluezbox.com (hq.bluezbox.com [70.38.37.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50EBF8FC15 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:09:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [24.87.53.93] (helo=[192.168.1.116]) by launchpad.bluezbox.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.71 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Ozxc2-000OKi-5P; Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:14:18 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Oleksandr Tymoshenko In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:14:17 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <94219799-34FF-4210-B816-6A5B6F5DBC2C@bluezbox.com> References: To: Paketix X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) Sender: gonzo@launchpad.bluezbox.com X-Spam-Level: --- X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "hq.bluezbox.com", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see The administrator of that system for details. Content preview: On 2010-09-26, at 4:13 AM, Paketix wrote: > there is a rather new processor from TILERA (100 core chip) which is > most certainly already known here at FreeBSD mailing list. > [http://www.tilera.com/products/processors/TILE-Gx_Family] > the processor/platform is targeted towards: > - high performance network security platforms > - firewalling/vpn > - utm > - l7 deep packet inspection > - network monitoring and forensics > - cloud computing > - web application (lamp) > - data caching (memcached) > - database applications > - high-performance computing > > chris metcalf from TILERA did the current linux port and i was in > contact with him about two weeks ago. > at this time QUANTA computer is starting to offer a 512 core 2U box > with an impressive performance/watt ratio (400 watts only for 512 > cores). > [http://www.tilera.com/solutions/cloud_computing] > > i guess those massive multicore chips would enable bleeding edge > high performance solutions based on FreeBSD. > > well... > - anyone interested in porting FreeBSD towards TILERA? > (architecture seems to be similar to MIPS...) Architecture/hardware looks really high end. I think there are several people among FreeBSD developers who would like to get their hands on this kind of technology. [...] Content analysis details: (-3.1 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- -1.8 ALL_TRUSTED Passed through trusted hosts only via SMTP -2.6 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] 1.3 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Porting effort towards TILERA massive multicore CPUs...? X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:09:47 -0000 On 2010-09-26, at 4:13 AM, Paketix wrote: > there is a rather new processor from TILERA (100 core chip) which is > most certainly already known here at FreeBSD mailing list. > [http://www.tilera.com/products/processors/TILE-Gx_Family] > the processor/platform is targeted towards: > - high performance network security platforms > - firewalling/vpn > - utm > - l7 deep packet inspection > - network monitoring and forensics > - cloud computing > - web application (lamp) > - data caching (memcached) > - database applications > - high-performance computing > > chris metcalf from TILERA did the current linux port and i was in > contact with him about two weeks ago. > at this time QUANTA computer is starting to offer a 512 core 2U box > with an impressive performance/watt ratio (400 watts only for 512 > cores). > [http://www.tilera.com/solutions/cloud_computing] > > i guess those massive multicore chips would enable bleeding edge > high performance solutions based on FreeBSD. > > well... > - anyone interested in porting FreeBSD towards TILERA? > (architecture seems to be similar to MIPS...) Architecture/hardware looks really high end. I think there are several people among FreeBSD developers who would like to get their hands on this kind of technology. > - is there already some ongoing porting effort? Not that I know of. > - porting for this chip already discussed in this mailing list? AFAIR - nope