ps3- 7 processors?
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flashmonkey
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No way is it gonna have 7 processors, it wouldn't need anywhere near that much and would require a rediculous amount of power.
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flashmonkey
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I belive it's like dual core, but many more processors. Sounds like a bunch of BS to me, but I was wrong before :dead:.
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harrisdurrani
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The xbox 360 has 3 symmetrical cores at 3.2 GHz each which i think is more powerful than the ps3's Cell Processor Base core @ 4.0 Ghz
BringinHeat
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The Cell processor was co-designed by IBM, Toshiba and Sony. Configurations can differ, but here's what the PS3's Cell chip will be like:
# PowerPC-based Core @ 3.2GHz
# 7 SPEs @ 3.2GHz
# 512KB L2 Cache
# 7 x 256KB SRAM for SPEs
Basically, a single Cell processor is designed to act like multiple processors working together, or even independently. A Cell processor has a single PowerPC Architecture Unit (PAU) and multiple Synergistic Processing Elements (SPEs). A Cell's PAU dolls out instructions to its various SPEs, which can then independently work on tasks. So for instance, one SPU might be programmed to run a game's AI while another handles physics. Since each one acts independently, multiple calculations can be done simultaneously. It's powerful enough to perform 218 GFLOPS.
Ofcourse all these cores will be hell for the programmers to write code for and fully utilize its capabilities for a long time to come such is the case with the emotion processor (ps2) as well. In the end it all depends on how good the games are but many developers are already worried about programming for all three power pc multi core based consoles (i believe the next nintendo is also power pc) which is the reason why many speculate that game prices will go up for the next gen.
# PowerPC-based Core @ 3.2GHz
# 7 SPEs @ 3.2GHz
# 512KB L2 Cache
# 7 x 256KB SRAM for SPEs
Basically, a single Cell processor is designed to act like multiple processors working together, or even independently. A Cell processor has a single PowerPC Architecture Unit (PAU) and multiple Synergistic Processing Elements (SPEs). A Cell's PAU dolls out instructions to its various SPEs, which can then independently work on tasks. So for instance, one SPU might be programmed to run a game's AI while another handles physics. Since each one acts independently, multiple calculations can be done simultaneously. It's powerful enough to perform 218 GFLOPS.
Ofcourse all these cores will be hell for the programmers to write code for and fully utilize its capabilities for a long time to come such is the case with the emotion processor (ps2) as well. In the end it all depends on how good the games are but many developers are already worried about programming for all three power pc multi core based consoles (i believe the next nintendo is also power pc) which is the reason why many speculate that game prices will go up for the next gen.
Nodsu
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FLOP is not a real measurement unit, it is just a way to get big numbers to be thrown out to people whose religion happens to be big numbers (*cough* fanboys *cough*).
The fact that the Cell can do something at that speed does not mean that "something" is anything useful nor that such workload can be achieved in real life.
The fact that the Cell can do something at that speed does not mean that "something" is anything useful nor that such workload can be achieved in real life.
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