Dusty Chalk Posted November 30, 2007 Report Posted November 30, 2007 News Story Link Okay, so I want one.
grawk Posted November 30, 2007 Report Posted November 30, 2007 News Story Link Okay, so I want one. BG makes bigger numbers, but ascii purple is MUCH faster for most uses. (Yes, this is what I do for a living).
Dusty Chalk Posted November 30, 2007 Author Report Posted November 30, 2007 (Yes, this is what I do for a living).Yeah, I know, and I know there are a lot of other computer geeks out there that would be interested in the story, that's why I posted it.
Duggeh Posted November 30, 2007 Report Posted November 30, 2007 The phrases that imply the Cell chip was designed for the PS3 are inaccurate. The PS3 was simply the first product to use the chip, that was not the end aim of the design though.
grawk Posted November 30, 2007 Report Posted November 30, 2007 The phrases that imply the Cell chip was designed for the PS3 are inaccurate. The PS3 was simply the first product to use the chip, that was not the end aim of the design though. Well. The cell was designed with the PS3 in mind. IBM was looking for a way to subsidize their supercomputing efforts with mass market, to bring economies of scale into play. The previous generation of the bluegene was using the powerpc, which was another leverage chip, but one IBM had to give money to motorola when they used.
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