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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. Okay... by JNighthawk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why is this under the header games? I know nothing about the processor, by the way.

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    1. Re:Okay... by JNighthawk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      How exactly is this off topic? Considering the article didn't say it was for the PS3 (as the other posters have told me), and I am talking about the damn topic... thanks, my head a splode because of the mods idiocy.

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  2. Re:Americans by JNighthawk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The point of laws against child pornography is that sexual abuse of children is extremely harmful to them. When I speak of children, I mean 14ish. I think the child porn laws should be changed (yes, a 16 year old should be allowed to have sex *gasp*). It's a matter of supply and demand, as always. As long as there is a demand, people will keep supplying it. In order to supply the child porn, children will have to have been abused. So, in order to prevent abuse, having the child porn is also illegal. Now, beastiality on the other hand, while I find it utterly disgusting and reprehensible, I don't know why it's illegal. You can kill and eat an animal but can't have sex with it. But, like I said, I don't support it and find it completely disgusting.

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  3. Misleading title by ndogg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The blurb's title is misleading. The Cell processor is likely to have little to do with the POWER5 arch:

    I asked if there's any relationship between POWER5 and the Cell architecture that IBM is working on with Sony. Pattnaik didn't seem to familiar with the details of Cell, and he said that there's no relationship between the two designs. He noted that if they shared some similar characteristics, then it isn't because the two teams are collaborating in any way.

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  4. Title is write, I'm an ass by ndogg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, clicked the wrong link. I hate you, endersdouble, but I don't hate you enough to put you on my foes list.

    Oh, why can't /. blurbs be simpler? As if they're not already.

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  5. Re:Americans by JNighthawk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You are a disgrace to humanity.

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  6. Re:Americans by JNighthawk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I reiterate, you disgusting fucking troll, you are a disgrace to humanity. As such, you'll hear nothing else from me. I hope you die, you racist.

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  7. Re:Americans by Zen+Punk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm not sure that you're a disgrace to humanity, but you are a troll. And trolls are pretty low. Would you say these things in a real-life conversation? Of course not, you're trying to defend child porn. What's baffling to me is what drives a person to go to public forums just to stir up shit.

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  8. Re:Americans by JNighthawk · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hrm. I'm not sure what to say to that, besides you're right, mostly.

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  9. Gmail Invite by Gmail+Fairy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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