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Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 includes libfreevec!
Here's the link to the announcement:
http://lists.fixstars.com/pipermail/yellowdog-announce/2009-June/000214.html
From the press release:
"YDL 6.2 now offers libfreevec, a (LGPL) library with replacement routines for GLIBC, such as memcpy(), strlen(), etc. These routines, which have been rewritten and optimized to use the AltiVec vector engine found in the G4/G4+ PowerPC CPUs, can provide for up to 25% increase in application performance."
I would
Well, here I am, in London and I think this clip is a really matching tune:
Speaking of matches, the project I'm working on is for a UK company which does data mining for Banks, Insurance companies, etc. I can't disclose much more, save that I was chosen to do exactly what I'm good at: software optimizations!
It's been a while since I've been here (2004 iirc) and it's good to be back again and feel the London vibe...
The past days I've been playing with OpenEmbedded, as part of a new project that will take the (local) market by storm :)
The details of the project will be kept secret for now, but suffice to say, it's going to be an embedded product, based on OpenEmbedded and ARM (though initial tests are happening on an EFIKA/powerpc).
I have to say, I've played with all sorts of custom distribution software, from Debian, Gentoo, LFS, etc. OpenEmbedded appears to be the best yet and the name is even misleading. It's not restricted to embedded stuff -though it was de
Well, some times one has to make hard decisions and abandon a sinking ship.
In our case, it's the PowerPC and AltiVec technologies. Freescale has (unofficially) abandoned the e600 core (which includes AltiVec) and is refocusing on multicore and QorIQ CPUs (which I hope it serves them well and it helps them repay that huge $10B debt). IBM on the other hand, is probably ready to sell the complete Semiconductor department
2009 ist nun da und unser Team schaut sich nach neuen Projekten um!
Frisch und frech, sind wir für Sie da, um Ihre besondere Ansprüche zu verwirklichen!
Wir freuen uns schon auf diese!
Prosit!!
