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Ars Technica's Hannibal on IBM's Cell

Posted by timothy on from the different-approach dept.

endersdouble writes "Ars Technica's Jon "Hannibal" Stokes, known for his many articles on CPU technology, has posted a new article on IBM's new Cell processor. This one is the first part of a series, and covers the processor's approach to caching and control logic. Good read."

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  1. Like having a whole Beowulf Cluster on one chip... by ABeowulfCluster · · Score: 3, Funny

    .. made of risc components.

  2. Love those architectural articles by hurtfultater · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thank god. I've enjoyed his articles in the past, and if experience is any indication, I will have the false impression that I understand this stuff in a nontrivial way for up to three hours. This is not meant to rag on Hannibal, BTW.

  3. Hannibal by ndogg · · Score: 5, Funny

    WIth a name like that, I expect to see pictures of him eating those Cell processors, and describing how they taste.

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    1. Re:Hannibal by NonSequor · · Score: 4, Funny

      With a name like that, I expect to see him crossing the Alps on an elephant to invade Italy.

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      My only political goal is to see to it that no political party achieves its goals.
    2. Re:Hannibal by Hannibal_Ars · · Score: 4, Funny

      Actually, I was crossing the Alps and got stranded, and had to eat my elephants to survive.

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      Senior CPU Editor | Ars Technica | http://arstechnica.com/
  4. Re:Apple? by the_2nd_coming · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have OS X running nicely on my Quadra.

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    I am the Alpha and the Omega-3
  5. Re:Apple? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, yeah? Well I have Windows XP on my IBM 5150. Well, not so much Windows XP as MS-DOS. Version 2.0. But I have two floppy drives, so I don't even have to take out the system disk to play Oregon Trail!