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PS3 Cell Processor 'Broken'?

D-Fly writes "Charlie Demerijian at the Inquirer got a look at some insider specs on the PS3, and says, Sony screwed up big time with the Cell processor; the memory read speed on the current Devkits is something like 3 orders of magnitude slower than the write speed; and is unlikely to improve much before the ship date. The slide from Sony pictured in the article is priceless: 'Local Memory Read Speed ~16Mbps, No this isn't a Typo.' Demerjian says when the PS3 comes out a full year after the XBox360, it's still going to be inferior: 'Someone screwed up so badly it looks like it will relegate the console to second place behind the 360.'" This is the Inquirer, so take with a grain of salt. Just the same, doesn't sound too good for Sony or IBM.

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  1. Sorry, I was drunk all weekend.... by Trigun · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I didn't notice the changeover until work this morning.

    Looks nice!

    1. Re:Sorry, I was drunk all weekend.... by B0red+At+W0rk · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Yeah but where's the thread where we can bitch and whine or sing praise?? I predict a lot of OT moderation today.

  2. Re:PS2 Vs PS3 by DanteLysin · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Use Firefox. The redesign is very readable using Firefox (Font: Arial, 15).

  3. queen latifah big momma movies by whereisaxlrose · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    funny. i had the same movies on when i flew paris-nyc a month ago .. wierd. and useless.

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  4. It was reggie by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Reggie walked in and punched the Cell Processor in the chipset, ate the design team as a small snack on the way out, then drove away from sony HQ in a Big Damn Truck... laughing all the way.

  5. Re:Go Sony, go! by mnemonic_ · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sup timecop.

  6. Re:How much you want to bet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Homer Simpson isn't a loser. That's the main point of The Simpsons.

    Yes, I take it far too seriously.

  7. Wow... by MSFanBoi2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Reading these posts shows one thing...

    Sony can screw up (or rumor to screw up big time) and just about everyone is willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, but anything published on the internet that damns anything Microsoft does is accepted as the truth...

  8. Re:PS2 Vs PS3 by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    offtopic protest: This new redesign font sucks, I cannot read /. without twiddling my font size up for all pages and breaking the rest of the internet

    Command + doesn't work? I use that all the time now that my reading vision is weaker. It only changes the current tab, not the rest of the internet.

  9. My car doesn't connect to my motorcycle's gas tank by TallDave · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I wonder why that is?

    Oh, right, because it has its own bigger gas tank, and connecting to the motorycle's gas tank would be stupid and worthless.

    Seriously, who are they kidding with this?

    Those who can't do, manage.
    Those who can't do or manage, teach.
    Those who can't do, manage, or teach... write tech articles for Inquirer.