Playstation 3 CPU Almost Finished?

dnxthx writes "According to this ZDNet article the design of the Playstation 3 chip is nearly complete. The PS3 chip will have near "supercomputer capabilities" --- including 1 TFLOP. Reportedly, this chip is being engineered with Linux in mind."

Comments

Hrm..

[qurob]

The PS3 chip will have near supercomputer capabilities --- including 1 TFLOP.

Wasn't the old PS2 a supercomputer, and there were export rules on it?

Saddam was rumored to buy some to control missles or something?

Thats it?

[bytor4232]

By the time 2005 comes around, everyone will have a Terraflop of processing power in their toaster. Comon Sony, cant you do better than that?

Re:Thats it?

[Lord_Slepnir]

Have you played the new Unreal 2003 demo yet? People already have toasters in their computers, so computers in their toasters isn't that far off.

You saw it here first: The FIRST TOASTER VIRUS

if(Toast_Present == 1)
{
Turn_On_Coils();
While(Toast.OnFire() = 0)
{
if(Lever.Manual_Eject() == 1)Lever.Jam();
if(Power.Unplug() == 1)Power.Source = reserve_battery;
}
Eject_Flaming_Toast_At_User();
}

lara?

[edrugtrader]

until they can get a 3D lara to give me a lap-dance, i'm not impressed.

Must be a good thing

[JohnCC]

A large international company trusted by millions can only be a good thing for the linux community...

Re:A terraflop?

[guttentag]

You misunderstood. A "terraflop" is a finishing combo in a top secret street fighter game that will be released with the PS3. This is different from the "teraflop" which refers to floating point ops.

Re:export controls?

[Lord_Slepnir]

create a crude missile guidance system.

Actually, the atari 2600 had this. It was called missile commander i do believe.

Re:If you think the PS2 architecture is weird

[Phil Wilkins]

Testify brother Atari, testify!

Now let me hear it from the vector display programmers out there... Someone give my Tempest brother some love!