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cell?

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 5:56 pm
by Jonathan
Anyone have any good links? All I found with five minutes' half-hearted searching was some lame press articles and the ISSCC's website, which doesn't have any papers I can find.

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:10 pm
by quantus
This is what I got with a Google search of "Sony cell processor"...

http://www.blachford.info/computer/Cells/Cell0.html

I haven't read through this yet, but it looks like the guy spent a good deal of time trying to understand the patents filed and trying to tie that to info released to the press.

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 7:42 pm
by Jonathan
after making a stab at reading that site, my brain hurts. i was looking for something straight from sony/ibm.

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:17 pm
by quantus
Ok, I agree, my head hurts too. The dude is guessing and doesn't seem to know what he's talking about half the time.

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:32 pm
by Dave
as long as GT5 looks good, I dont care how Cell works

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:05 pm
by Jonathan
dirty mech-e

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:30 pm
by Jonathan
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/artic ... 81,00.html
According to IBM, today's microchips were created with word processors and spreadsheets in mind and therefore struggle to cope with tasks such as downloading music and displaying video. The Cell chip has been designed to address this shortcoming.
Thanks, IBM.

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 10:35 pm
by Dave
I'm not dirty. I'm supposed to molt every 2-3 months.

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 3:00 am
by quantus
Dwindlehop wrote:after making a stab at reading that site, my brain hurts. i was looking for something straight from sony/ibm.
heh, read this and your head might explode :P This dude is mental.

http://www.blachford.info/quantum/gravity.html

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:21 pm
by George
According to IBM, today's microchips ... struggle to cope with tasks such as downloading music and displaying video.
Yes, my CPU is certainly the limiting factor in music download rates. Clearly AMD's inadequacy is the only reason I don't get the theoretical 3 Mbps my cable company claims they provide. I should sue.

Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 6:35 pm
by Jonathan