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ChemicalWarrior · 11-23-2006, 11:46 AM

The Cell is the PS3 has 8 cores depending on what you consider a core. The Cell is really not the wonder chip Sony and IBM wants everyone to believe. Its horrible at certain applications and really fast at others, it's certainly not set to take over Intel and AMD market yet.

Also, the Cell shows how hard developing for so many cores is when your code is not parallel at all. That's why launch PS3 titles perform terrible compared to the same game on Xbox 360 when PS3 developers have had dev kits longer than Xbox 360 ones!

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ChemicalWarrior Moderator Addict Posts: 2,053 Shouts: 0 Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 19 Thanks: 2 Thanked 18 Times in 15 Posts Add to xFire Friends List	The Cell is the PS3 has 8 cores depending on what you consider a core. The Cell is really not the wonder chip Sony and IBM wants everyone to believe. Its horrible at certain applications and really fast at others, it's certainly not set to take over Intel and AMD market yet. Also, the Cell shows how hard developing for so many cores is when your code is not parallel at all. That's why launch PS3 titles perform terrible compared to the same game on Xbox 360 when PS3 developers have had dev kits longer than Xbox 360 ones! __________________ What could appear next?