[the close relationship with Linux seems like news.]
Tilera Launches 64-Core, Linux-Based Mesh Processor
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| This ability to scale, plus the low power consumed by the Tile64 chip when it
| is running and coupled with its homegrown Linux and development environment,
| will be enough to overcome the fact that this is a new instruction set--or so
| Tilera hopes. This is a pretty good bet for the embedded systems market,
| where the MIPS and PowerPC chips rule the roost.
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http://www.itjungle.com/tlb/tlb082107-story02.html
Also this:
High-availability middleware zeroes in on SAForum specs
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| Element comprises various "middleware" components that sit between a Linux
| operating system and the carrier's applications,
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7728282497.html
Related:
Firm launches 64-processor chip for video, networks
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| Each "tile" can run an independent operating system or a meshed OS like Linux
| SMP.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41800
Top 500 Supers: Moore's Law Is Alive and Well
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| There are two Windows-based clusters, and 42 machines that run a mix
| of operating systems--and one of those operating systems in the mix is
| always a Linux and the other is a variant of Unix. If you want to be
| fair, Linux is represented on 86 percent of the machines...
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://www.itjungle.com/tlb/tlb071007-story02.html
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