"Exponentially"?
Since when?
The range of values that a 128 bit word can represent is exponentially greater than that of a 32 bit word but processing speed is utterly unrelated.
For your information it is not a 128 bit processor but a 32 bit MIPS based processor with a pair of vector units sitting on a 128 bit memory bus.
The same way a P3 is not 64 bit but is actually 32 bit with a 64 bit memory bus (yes, the same is true of the N64).
The fact that the PS2's CPU is starved of memory bandwidth even though it has several times the amount that the P3 has to cope with is a good indication of its true throughput.
Umm...There's only one country in the world completely run by corporations (and morons, but every country has a few).
Really sucks being you doesn't it.
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Maybe because real people (those other entities you occasionally see when you have to venture forth from your parents' basement) don't want to spend over a grand on a PeeCee just to go online.
They don't have to try and work out the pathetic mess that is a typical Linux install.
They don't care about the number etched on the top of their processor.
Funny thing is I guarantee that the people using QNX based i-openers are getting a far faster, more responsive, user-friendly problem free internet experience than you will ever have with all your in-depth computer knowledge.
You wouldn't know a real OS if it deflowered your geek ass. Let me tell you why (notice those little characters inbetween the letters? That's called punctuation!):
1."what drivers"? Try looking at QNX4's supported harware list. Come back when you've finished reading it, ie sometime next year.
2."QNX will not let you know how to interact with thier software."? Ask QSSL about it. They'll send you (free) a HUGE box of manuals. Again, come back when you've finished reading it, ie never.
3."it is not Unix it may feel like it at first but is very waterd down." You say that almost as though it's a negative point. Who said it was any relation to Unix whatsoever?
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This is gonna sound really wacky but hear me out.
QNX has all you described but...you don't have to spend months completely remaking it from the ground up only to have it fall over and die the minute you think you've got it working.
Yes, that's right.
Somebody already did all the work for you!
But of course you wouldn't feel so clever using a system that works straight off without you having to prove how knowledgeable you are would you?
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See those words at the top of the page?
That's called an "a r t i c l e".
If you read it you will find a "link" to their "homepage".
There you will be embarrassed to learn that your comment makes no sense.
If only you weren't so american...um...I mean stupid.
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"Exponentially"?
Since when?
The range of values that a 128 bit word can represent is exponentially greater than that of a 32 bit word but processing speed is utterly unrelated.
For your information it is not a 128 bit processor but a 32 bit MIPS based processor with a pair of vector units sitting on a 128 bit memory bus.
The same way a P3 is not 64 bit but is actually 32 bit with a 64 bit memory bus (yes, the same is true of the N64).
The fact that the PS2's CPU is starved of memory bandwidth even though it has several times the amount that the P3 has to cope with is a good indication of its true throughput.
Umm...There's only one country in the world completely run by corporations (and morons, but every country has a few).
Really sucks being you doesn't it.
Maybe because real people (those other entities you occasionally see when you have to venture forth from your parents' basement) don't want to spend over a grand on a PeeCee just to go online.
:)
They don't have to try and work out the pathetic mess that is a typical Linux install.
They don't care about the number etched on the top of their processor.
Funny thing is I guarantee that the people using QNX based i-openers are getting a far faster, more responsive, user-friendly problem free internet experience than you will ever have with all your in-depth computer knowledge.
It must really suck to be as worthless as you.
You wouldn't know a real OS if it deflowered your geek ass. Let me tell you why (notice those little characters inbetween the letters? That's called punctuation!):
1."what drivers"? Try looking at QNX4's supported harware list. Come back when you've finished reading it, ie sometime next year.
2."QNX will not let you know how to interact with thier software."? Ask QSSL about it. They'll send you (free) a HUGE box of manuals. Again, come back when you've finished reading it, ie never.
3."it is not Unix it may feel like it at first but is very waterd down." You say that almost as though it's a negative point. Who said it was any relation to Unix whatsoever?
This is gonna sound really wacky but hear me out.
QNX has all you described but...you don't have to spend months completely remaking it from the ground up only to have it fall over and die the minute you think you've got it working.
Yes, that's right.
Somebody already did all the work for you!
But of course you wouldn't feel so clever using a system that works straight off without you having to prove how knowledgeable you are would you?
See those words at the top of the page?
That's called an "a r t i c l e".
If you read it you will find a "link" to their "homepage".
There you will be embarrassed to learn that your comment makes no sense.
If only you weren't so american...um...I mean stupid.
a!b!c! = as far as you got when learning to read. How appropriate.