is anybody trying PowerPC builds ? I am specifically looking at Freescale's e5500/6500 family or IBM's Power 7 variant. I run a research program developing a Power compatible processor ( along withna virtualized linux running on top of secure hypervisor) and we are at a stage where we need to start working on the tool chain. Figured getting our hands dirty on Clang now would help us get used to it, since clang looks like a better option than Gcc for us. If nobody is doing it, we can give it a shot since we have both HW and free labor in the form of my grad students ! <div>
<br></div><div>if the processor reaches a usable form, we will be releasing it into open source. It is a 64 bit design with multiple issue and Multi threading, so should match a core i5 in perf if tuned well. A big if there I must admit ! <span></span>Supports 256 bit simd instructions also. Single core initially, may go to 4/8 if our funding holds up or if the open source community takes it up.<div>
<br></div><div>Madhu</div></div>