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Cell to take a crack at the Pentium? |
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Yes, we all know that the Cell multicore processor is the key component behind the PS3, but is that just the beginning? It sounds like the Cell may be breaking out into the other markets after its launch in the PS3 such as PC's, multimedia devices, 3D graphic design, and even CAT and MRI scanners as well as radar and sonar devices. Who knows, someday even your toaster may have a Cell chip...
[Read]Putting the Cell in a gaming console gives the chip a high-profile start. Sony's gaming machine, PlayStation2, has been the hottest console in history, topping 100 million units in November after five years on the market. Analysts predict the next-generation machine will do even better. Sony is expected to sell more than 12 million PS3s in the first year and reach the 200 million mark within five years, estimates researcher Envisioneering Group.
Those numbers would give Sony the crucial economies of scale needed to ratchet down the cost of each chip -- estimated in the hundreds of dollars today. But matching Intel's reach won't be easy. The No. 1 chipmaker has sold hundreds of millions of Pentium microprocessors in PCs over the years. "The Pentium chip is unique in its stature, and I don't ever expect its success to be repeated," says Tom Starnes, an analyst at market-watcher Gartner.
Thanks for the tip, Manhunt3!
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That would be a hella expensive toaster.
But seriously this cell chip is amazing, it has tons of potential, and this is just the first variety of it.
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I wonder what is going to happen over the next decade?...
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it looks so cool
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I hope production prices go down
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the possibilities are endless... this could do some hefty damage in the PC Market...
Alot more powerful than anything Intel or AMD has ever done... i wonder....
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I Recall Steve Jobs, Ceo of Apple, discard the cell proccesor in favor of Intel for the new generation of MACs, I think he saw something wrong in the design, (Knowing Apple to be a thorn in Microsoft an PC users, the best thing should be to go with the Cell processor and Sony, No?
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what kind of processor is the Cell?
68k?
x86?
something totally different?
when it is not x86 compatible, it has no chance on the PC market. (no windows -> no games -> no selling)
It needs backwards compatibility to x86, to be successfull.
Seems like a 68k with 64bit to me (http://www.the-cell-chip.de/wiki/index.php?title=Technik), so it is a deadborn child on the PC market.
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Yea...i would think apple would want them...
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As mentioned earlier, the Cell processor (IBM PowerPC architecture, same architecture used in the Apple G5) isn't even remotely compatible with an x86 processor such as a Penium 4. Plus, Pentium 4's are slow. Why not compare it to a much faster AMD Athlon 64 processor?
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