While NOT PPC64, the Beagle board (beagleboard.org) looks pretty damn cool. The processor is an ARM Cortex.  They -claim- laptop like performance (whatever that means...)

Later,
Tim.

On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Tatsh <ddrtist@gmail.com> wrote:
Wow, POWER6 is expensive. Looks like if I want this sorta thing my best bet is getting the actual XDK hardware (they are not 100% rare; I've seen several for sale on Scenyx forums).

Still, I think I am definitely getting that SheevaPlug. I'll turn that into my proxy server (which I currently use a big, power-hungry desktop for).

Thanks for the help guys.


On 29 January 2010 13:48, Adam Gomes <adam@unixgeek.net> wrote:

:( That's a tall order, actually. The processor in the 360 was made by IBM especially for the 360 at M$'s request. The closest things you're going to find in terms of speed (not necessarily # of cores) is going to be systems based on the 970 (like the Mac G5 or certain IBM blade center boards) or systems based on the POWER6 which generally only going to be found in IBM blade centers (js20 goes for around $500 on ebay, and the js22 goes for around $3,000 on ebay). Today, most PPC cores are found in embedded systems in things like wireless access points, mobile computing devices, routers, etcc, and most of them are just 32 bit processors.

I've seen the G5s go for as little as $300 on ebay, too.

On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Tatsh <ddrtist@gmail.com> wrote:
Where can I find parts to build a PC based on PPC64? Really, I'd like to build
something similar to the Xbox 360 for development purposes and for fun. It seems
like it's impossible to find the parts though (at least with Google). Anyone
know suppliers? If it's way out of price range I'll step out but I'd like to at
least see where to get this stuff.

This is the hardware, generically:
http://www.free60.org/Main_Page

Some of it needs specific type, such as the RAM, and etc. The video card could
be any recent ATI HD I'm imagining. The motherboard for this would need
PCI-extreme slots.

Yes I am aware it has been hacked with JTAG and all. I am not looking to hack
mine. Just to build a similar machine for development where I'll run Linux and
hopefully put together a complete (free, GPL) toolchain.

Thanks
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