[erlang-questions] PS3 and Erlang (Re: Google Summer of Code 2008)

[Torben Hoffmann]

On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 3:00 AM, Roger Larsson <roger.larsson@REDACTED>
wrote:

> On fredag 29 februari 2008, jm wrote:
> > Toby Thain wrote:
> > >>  * Organise a list of project ideas that we'd like students to work
> > >>    on.
> > >
> > > One perennial topic is porting Erlang to embedded/tiny systems, and
> > > how small the runtime can feasibly be.
> >
> > Should I mention PS3 and the Cell.
>
> I have a PS3 myself (with Linux installed). I have been thinking about
> how much a PS3 resembles a telephone exchange... And we all know what
> language to use for programming those!
>
> You have the SPEs (and Altivec) connected via an exchange and you would
> like to make the best use of the resources.
>
> Avoid moving executions from one SPE to another (keep the code in
> SPE memory) - but on the same time the work might require being split
> to several SPEs to meet deadlines (real time games).
> [IBM has a real time ray tracer that dynamically how big part of the
>  image is computed by what SPE]
>
> Move the data to the right SPE, but there are rules about how to do this
> most efficient using the built in exchange. If data can remain on a SPE
> keep it there.
>
> An outline:
> * building the work scheduler in Erlang
> * data, binary arrays (required by the SPEs and PowerPC Altivec)
> * executables, in form of binary objects (SPE, Altivec, or PowerPC
> executable)
> * work descriptors, connecting executables with data
> * building simulation in Erlang, create work descriptors depending on
> events.
>
> Wouldn't that make an interesting summer project!
>
> /RogerL


Depending on the direction of the projects I offer myself as a mentor (need
co-mentor(s) since I will be off-line for some time during the summer).

I have worked with Erlang/OTP for almost 2 years now - the last year full
time on a project which creates a telephone exchange where we have dealt
with encoding and decoding of Q.SIG (PSS1) plus the Q.SIG protocol stack
itself as well as an interface to layer 2 with a C-port.

If those experiences can be used contact me.

Cheers,
Torben
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