Cell Processor Announced
IBM, Sony, and Toshiba officially announced the "Cell" Processor this morning. The new multicode processor has already exceeded 4GHz in lab testing and is designed to power a variety of operating systems.
Rumors of the processor have surrounded its anticipated use in the Playstation 3 from Sony. The new processor incorporates FlexIO and eXtended Data RAM (XDR) which together can offer "100 Gbytes per second of total bandwidth" -- which is expected to assist with real time graphics.
The processor is expected to be used in a wide range of systems: "as a core device sustaining a whole spectrum of advanced information-rich broadband applications, from consumer electronics, home entertainment through various industrial systems."
With IBM as a partner, the upcoming processor has drawn significant interest from Apple fans, but there appears to be no evidence of any interest in the new processor from Apple.
Rumors of the processor have surrounded its anticipated use in the Playstation 3 from Sony. The new processor incorporates FlexIO and eXtended Data RAM (XDR) which together can offer "100 Gbytes per second of total bandwidth" -- which is expected to assist with real time graphics.
The processor is expected to be used in a wide range of systems: "as a core device sustaining a whole spectrum of advanced information-rich broadband applications, from consumer electronics, home entertainment through various industrial systems."
With IBM as a partner, the upcoming processor has drawn significant interest from Apple fans, but there appears to be no evidence of any interest in the new processor from Apple.
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92 months ago
It's being reported that IBM, Sony and Toshiba will produce a new chip called "CELL"
Could we see this in apple computers any time soon?
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/6b31ebfe-786b-11d9-9961-00000e2511c8.html
burger
Could we see this in apple computers any time soon?
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/6b31ebfe-786b-11d9-9961-00000e2511c8.html
burger
92 months ago
Actually, yeah, that was reported somewhere around the day after the PS2 came out, which happened to be something like 4 years ago.
Anyway, if Apple used, that would be very cool.
I read a report last year that stated if the PS3 were to come out today it would be the 45th most powerful computer in the world. Which for a video game console is amazing. The PS3 should be stunning.
Anyway, if Apple used, that would be very cool.
I read a report last year that stated if the PS3 were to come out today it would be the 45th most powerful computer in the world. Which for a video game console is amazing. The PS3 should be stunning.
92 months ago
iPray for Cell processors for Macs. If Apple did introduce a cell-based Mac, it would not be called a PowerMac. It would be called something else entirely as the entire OS would have to be re-written to Cray-like efficiency.
92 months ago
iPray for Cell processors for Macs. If Apple did introduce a cell-based Mac, it would not be called a PowerMac. It would be called something else entirely as the entire OS would have to be re-written to Cray-like efficiency.
it would be called the Powermac G6
92 months ago
it would be called the Powermac G6
Yup
But i think that it would take a very long to re-write the OS and apps so maby they come up with something else better than the cell cpu (IBM has been working on the next gen PowerPC cpu's for a long time, started even before the G5 was out, so let's just sit and wait) :p
92 months ago
CELL Powerbook next Tuesday!!!!
4.6GHZ?
But i heard reports of 4.2GHZ
Awesome!! Just cancelled my Powerbook order.
92 months ago
Yup
But i think that it would take a very long to re-write the OS and apps so maby they come up with something else better than the cell cpu (IBM has been working on the next gen PowerPC cpu's for a long time, started even before the G5 was out, so let's just sit and wait) :p
Maybe, just maybe, that next gen PowerPC cpu they have been working on is a cover up for the CELL.
92 months ago
iPod Shuffle
iPod mini
iPod
iPod Photo
iPod Video a.k.a. iPod Cell. ;) :)
It had already been stated that iPod didn't have a powerful enough processor in the current and past generations and the Cell processor is scalable, so I think this will become a reality. :)
iPod mini
iPod
iPod Photo
iPod Video a.k.a. iPod Cell. ;) :)
It had already been stated that iPod didn't have a powerful enough processor in the current and past generations and the Cell processor is scalable, so I think this will become a reality. :)
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