The Offload parallel programming tool suite from Codeplay Software Ltd. is now available for all programmers developing software to run under Linux on the Cell Broadband Engine processor.
Offload was first released in October for developers of games for the PlayStation3 licensed to do so by Sony Computer Entertainment. The tool suite has also been available on the PlayStation3 Developer Network.
Codeplay (Edinburgh, Scotland) is using the latest version of Offload as a technology demonstrator for the Offload programming model for heterogeneous multicore processors. The company said it wants to work with developers of heterogeneous multicore architectures who need a parallel programming model to add value to their chip.
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