Re: Cell Architecture Explained (MASSIVE AMOUNT OF INFO)

From: Doug Jacobs (djacobs_at_shell.rawbw.com)
Date: 01/24/05

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    Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 20:26:08 -0000

    In alt.games.video.xbox CEO Gargantua <gamers@r.lamers> wrote:

    > Moore's Law is dead, and it's taking Wintel down with it.

    But is it even needed anymore?

    Think about it - how many people *NEED* that 3+Ghz processor? And the
    people who do actually need that sort of power are going with SMP or
    paralell processing systems already. Even Doom3 is more concerned with
    the processor and memory of the graphics card - not with your main CPU.

    If anything, the days of the single CPU system are numbered. If you can't
    make the individual chip go faster, why not throw more chips at the
    problem? This won't lead to a speed-up across the board, but imagine
    being able to dedicate a processor to each application you're running on
    your system? BeOS used to be able to do this and even let you set how
    many processors you wanted dedicated to each process if you wanted. Just
    don't set it to 0 CPUs for the OS...bad things would happen ;)

    As for margins on its chips, I wouldn't worry about Intel just yet. If
    they start doing multiple core processors (one chip, 2 or more CPUs) which
    will push their prices along nicely. After all, there's only so much room
    on a standard desktop ATX motherboard.

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