If You could design a OS...

[Smokey]

i don't know, i want to try to keep writability to an absolute minimum...(viruses, hacking etc)...
And SATA is indeed best cuz 1 it has small connectors, saving space, and 2 a 60-way striped RAID drive with 3Gbs per drive will kick ass... ;010

[Dr. Mario]

However, you can choose to have NX-Bit on the 64-bit host CPU enabled to deter the virus and possibly smash the evil hacker in the track.

And as for the SDHC, it will be tagged by firmware for NX-Bit paging - but I doubt the x86 CELL's NX-Bit would be used much since I'm not gonna to hook it up to Internet, rather a stand-alone computer.

[Smokey]

i dunno, i would like to have some networking capabilities, but then again.. with a full-custom OS, all you basically ned is a new filesystem to deter viruses and the malicious hackers (hackers that actually manage to break in such system are usually professionals and have no harmful intentions)

[Dr. Mario]

You can keep a small (but important) paging binary on Level-2 cache RAM inside a x86 CPU - it can be locked down by RING-0 key (if programmed correctly - no one but you and the OS can see the paging data in its flesh.)

You can download the manuals from AMD (in software developer area) for more informations.

[Smokey]

cool..
new info to assimilate...
never would've thought to go to AMD (or IBM, ASUS WD) for info....

[Dr. Mario]

AMD is full of helpful information.

Of course, those dudes and gals over at AMD supports Open Source, which is also why the manual's openly available to public.

[Smokey]

IBM is helpful and welcoming too, i see...

Good ol' big blue...

[Dr. Mario]

Of course, I got Cell BE programming manuals.
That way I would know how the x86 cell ticks (both PowerPC and x86 CELL processors are designed similarly - the only difference is the engine archietecuture)

[Smokey]

yeah, i did realize that i need to update my library...
DOS-manual and Win200 Server MCSE book won't cut it here...
plus i need to print those Assembler tuts because screen reading sucks...

[Dr. Mario]

True. Of course, the Windows book that you have will still help if you are planning to use WINE core (Windows emulator).
Usually, it's up to you because you are the programmer.

[Smokey]

true, true... i always knew i was right in not returning that book to school.... i should've kept the networking supplement as well...(i forgot most of my CCNA training)

[Dr. Mario]

Ha ha, true.

Anyways, I'm still looking for few more chips, and is eyeing at Japanese MOSFET, perferrably Mitsubishi.

The Mitsubishi 1,500 Volts switching MOSFET would be used to provide 0.3 - 1.2 Volts juice to the CPU, while remaining cooler (Maxmium 250 Amps in Voltage Regulator configuration)
It will be driven by Maxim-IC's Turion 64 power controller chip.

[Smokey]

oh shoot, havent thought about such components yet....

I need a design team...

[Dr. Mario]

You can post the information of homemade motherboard or for privacy, just PM me, I will be able to help you, Smokey, on electrical part (since I had a feeling that you may want to do software yourself.)

[Smokey]

oh, the software is of later concern... I am now trying to cope with the design...
But i think i will use simple (old) processors first, to learn better (read faster) and to prove the viability of my theory... ( i first have to prove that designing a computersystem from the ground up will help build a career, and is useful in general)
But i will post more detailed designs as i progress, i can post them here if i copyright them... (besides i trust this forum will not steal my designs...)