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More Cell Processor Details And First Pictures

Posted by timothy on from the never-a-good-time-to-buy-a-computer dept.

slashflood writes "After reading two articles on slashdot about the Cell architecture and another one that criticizes the extensive roundup of the STI patents, I found the first pictures of the Cell core. It seems that at least some predictions were true. Seeing is believing." mtgarden points to this ZDNet article which says that the "first version of the chip will run at speeds faster than 4GHz. Engineers were vague on how much faster, but reports from design partners say 4.6GHz is likely. By comparison, the fastest current Pentium PC processor tops out at 3.8GHz." (More below.)

Hack Jandy writes "Anand Shimpi has some details about the upcoming Cell processor (PS3) in his personal blog. According to Anand, "Rambus announced that the new Cell processor uses both Rambus XDR memory and their FlexIO processor bus. Because Rambus designed the interface for both the memory controller(s) and the processor interface, the vast majority of signaling pins are using Rambus interfaces - a total of 90% according to Rambus." Hasn't Rambus been showing up a lot again recently? The fact that Cell uses XDR has been widely speculated, but the fact that it will also use the Rambus bus signalling is something completely new."

8 of 535 comments (clear)

  1. are you a goatse man? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    or just a goatse fan?

  2. by comparison... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    my oscilloscope has a d/a converter asic shuffling 1024 bits of data at 15 GHz...

    amazing.

  3. Xbox by pablonhd · · Score: 0, Troll

    The next xbox is going to have a hard time beating this.

  4. Re:Umm... this was posted under Games? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Apple computers are pretty much considered toys by anyone with an ounce of technical savvy, so the category is appropriate. It was either 'games' or 'alternative lifestyles' so take your pick.

  5. ANY ___FACTS___ AT ALL?? by gl4ss · · Score: -1, Troll

    no?

    then how is this different from the cell hype article couple of weeks back? and the one before that and the one before that? all from which the obscene mhz and calculating power numbers and all sorts of general assumptions made by people who have no connections or understanding of the architechture make.

    damn sony doesn't even have to overhype their offering this time by themselfs..

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    world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
  6. Re:Conspiracy Theory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Shut up nigger. I can see the .Mac page on your profile. No one cares about stupid Macs, so shove your Mini up your ass.

  7. Re:Rambus kills cell... by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 0, Troll
    No chance that Rambus learned a lesson, then?

    I think they did.
    That's why they are joining with SCO to become SCambus.

  8. Re:Hot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    You are talking out of your ass without really understanding the issues. No wonder it's modded interesting!