[Bf-committers] blender-2.43RC1-linux-glibc2.3.2-powerpc also runs fine on Playstation 3 Linux

[Matt Henley]

I am just thinking outloud here.. but wouldnt the best place for a PS3 with
blender would be to be a render farm?  Couldnt you get all those cell
processors to do some pretty fast parallel processing?

Matt

On 12/31/06, Erwin Coumans <erwin at erwincoumans.com> wrote:
>
> No. Unless Sony and Nvidia expose the hardware, there is no chance any
> driver can access 3D GPU hardware acceleration.
> (apart from criminal attempts to break the security protections).
> The second best 3D if someone ports something like Pixomatic or Mesa to
> CELL/SPU, it would be technically possible to write a very fast rasterizer
> on SPUs. See also http://www.radgametools.com/pixomain.htm
>
> But for Blender as modeler/renderer it is not really needed: the interface
> is actually very responsive on PS3.
> Erwin
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Eagar" <joeedh at gmail.com>
> To: "bf-blender developers" <bf-committers at projects.blender.org>
> Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 11:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [Bf-committers] blender-2.43RC1-linux-glibc2.3.2-powerpc
> alsoruns fine on Playstation 3 Linux
>
>
> > erwin at erwincoumans.com wrote:
> >>
> >> Just for fun I tested the latest Blender 2.43 RC1 build on Yellowdog
> >> Linux 5.0 on a Playstation 3 (consumer unit), and it runs better then I
> >> expected.
> >> On a 1080p television with HDMI cable Blender looks very crispy and
> >> modeling is very doable. Running small games works fine too, so
> >> prototyping works. Obviously due to current lack of OpenGL hardware
> >> acceleration it won't run games very fast (wireframe reaches 20FPS for
> >> the FPS template in the latest 2.43 physics demos)
> >> A screenshot of Blender 2.43 (and Bullet Physics) running on PS3 here:
> >> http://www.erwincoumans.com/blender_on_ps3.jpg
> >> Cheers,
> >> Erwin
> >>
> > Wow that's cool.  I wonder how difficult would it be to get  one of the
> > ATI drivers to run the ps3 video card?  Hrm.  Impossible would be my
> > guess, ATI's drivers are closed source and (so I hear) horrifically bad
> on
> > linux :)
> >
> > Joe
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