Tiago V. Pereira wrote:
> Dear experts,
>
> Since Playstations 3 possess the cell chip with a kind of 8 processors,
> will Stata MP be faster than Stata SE in a cluster formed by Playstations
> 3 running Ubuntu?
>
I think your first problem will be getting either version of Stata to
actually run under Linux on the PPC arch.
The GNU/Linux versions of Stata available are "32-bit (x86 or
compatible), or 64-bit (Intel Itanium, x86-64 or compatible)" detailed
at http://www.stata.com/products/opsys.html .
Although it does indicate that the Mac OSX version of Stata (only
available as 32-bit, although the PPC chipset of the PS3 is capable of
64-bit) well work on all Intel and PPC archs, and given OSX is
basically a hammed up version of various BSD components there might be
an exceptionally slim chance of success, but I very much doubt it.
More one for Stata Corp. Tech Support, but I have a strong suspicion
that the number of people wishing to run Stata under Linux on a PS3
(or even cluster of PS3's) might not be sufficient to make it
financially viable endeavour (although there are plenty of
people/groups who have recognised the power of the PS3 and the
potential for clustering them, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playstation_3_cluster )*
Neil
* Currently awaiting a USB wireless keyboard/mouse so I can forge
ahead with installing Gentoo GNU/Linux on the PS3 I recently purchased
with the intention of a) installing Gentoo and using it as a
media-centre in the living room; b) occasionally playing games!
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