I have this info scattered through my posts. What I am trying to say is that an ISA does NOT make a processor the "same". You seem to be intelligent. I am sure you can figure the rest of my points out with this in mind.
Many good URLs were posted to the Beyond3d.com forums.
You are really slow. Really. Read the parent. Then read my reply. The "latest" powermacs are G5 based. Apple has not even hinted at adopting such an architecture. You are the slow one. Come on. Read the article for once. Learn what Cell is then come back and post please.
One last time: Read the whole thread.
Uh... We are talking Cell not XBOX2 SDKs ok? If otherwise please post your sources. I would be interested in proof as I have not seen ANY reason to think Sony shipped PowerMac G5 workstations to its developers.
I am not talking about intruction sets. I am talking about architecture. The POWER4 is a different line than the PowerPC. What you say is like compairing the Pentium M and the Pentium 4. The P4 can run PM programs easily but they aren't nearly the same.
Yes they are significant. Never underestimate the power of money. I probably won't buy an XBOX2 because of XBOX. I will buy one because of good titles. Disclaimer: I own all three major console right now and I play XBOX the least. I play it when I can get a better game or an exclusive game (Halo1/2) but I still play my inferior PS2 and GCN because I like the games (Katamari Damacy, Paper Mario, ICO, Ratchet & Clank, MGS3, F-Zero GX, etc...)
To be fair, XBOX and MS aren't all that bad of a console. They are not better but not worse either. It is also a personal thing. There are many people who would probably find XBOX has the better games for their taste.
ISSCC show information that has leaked show that Cell includes a POWER core of some sort. It seems to be the manager of all the stream processors. Beyond3d.com has a good forum thread on this.
You are right in saying that POWER can be PowerPC but it usually doesn't. As far as XBOX2 goes, the PowerPC 970 or later derivatives would be the prime candidate as the developer kits are basic PowerMac systems running Microsoft software (ironic). I don't think Cell will be ready for mass production by the time XBOX2 will be realesed so even if MS wanted to pay good $$ for it, it probably wouldn't happen.
No. You are mistaken. Xbox will have a PowerPC derivative. Not a POWER derivative. Also, I should note that Cell, although part is derived from the POWER4, is not really anything like the POWER4 architecture.
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yeah... just saw that lower on this page. nifty.
Here is correct formatting;)
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!! stupid formating!!!
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5. could be this... much better btw.
a = (a)+(a1)+(a2);
The only channel I watch for educational value is... the History Channel (which itself could be better). Everything else either used to be good or never was.
I should note that my selection of programming is limited so there may be more out there.
Actually, the reason ~30fps in a theater looks so smooth is NOT the blurring at all. If you knew projector technology you would tell be that in between each frame the machine blanks the entire screen to white. So while our brain is up and running the audience tends to have a minds projection during the time the next frame is being moved into position... then it is shown for a very small fraction of time then it blanks again. So what we see in a movie is only as good as it is because our brains are amaizing organisms that can do amaizing things w/o us knowing.
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I have this info scattered through my posts. What I am trying to say is that an ISA does NOT make a processor the "same". You seem to be intelligent. I am sure you can figure the rest of my points out with this in mind. Many good URLs were posted to the Beyond3d.com forums.
You are really slow. Really. Read the parent. Then read my reply. The "latest" powermacs are G5 based. Apple has not even hinted at adopting such an architecture. You are the slow one. Come on. Read the article for once. Learn what Cell is then come back and post please. One last time: Read the whole thread.
Uh... We are talking Cell not XBOX2 SDKs ok? If otherwise please post your sources. I would be interested in proof as I have not seen ANY reason to think Sony shipped PowerMac G5 workstations to its developers.
I am not talking about intruction sets. I am talking about architecture. The POWER4 is a different line than the PowerPC. What you say is like compairing the Pentium M and the Pentium 4. The P4 can run PM programs easily but they aren't nearly the same.
Yes they are significant. Never underestimate the power of money. I probably won't buy an XBOX2 because of XBOX. I will buy one because of good titles. Disclaimer: I own all three major console right now and I play XBOX the least. I play it when I can get a better game or an exclusive game (Halo1/2) but I still play my inferior PS2 and GCN because I like the games (Katamari Damacy, Paper Mario, ICO, Ratchet & Clank, MGS3, F-Zero GX, etc...) To be fair, XBOX and MS aren't all that bad of a console. They are not better but not worse either. It is also a personal thing. There are many people who would probably find XBOX has the better games for their taste.
ISSCC show information that has leaked show that Cell includes a POWER core of some sort. It seems to be the manager of all the stream processors. Beyond3d.com has a good forum thread on this. You are right in saying that POWER can be PowerPC but it usually doesn't. As far as XBOX2 goes, the PowerPC 970 or later derivatives would be the prime candidate as the developer kits are basic PowerMac systems running Microsoft software (ironic). I don't think Cell will be ready for mass production by the time XBOX2 will be realesed so even if MS wanted to pay good $$ for it, it probably wouldn't happen.
No. You are mistaken. Xbox will have a PowerPC derivative. Not a POWER derivative. Also, I should note that Cell, although part is derived from the POWER4, is not really anything like the POWER4 architecture.
yeah... just saw that lower on this page. nifty. Here is correct formatting ;)
a = (a<<3) - a;
!! stupid formating!!! a = (a)+(a<<1)+(a<<2);
5. could be this... much better btw. a = (a)+(a1)+(a2);
Why am I offtopic? The parent was funny but modded as insightfull. This makes me sick.
Mod Hint: It's funny.
The only thing I can come up with right off the bat is: continuations. I don't recall perl being able to do that.
The only channel I watch for educational value is... the History Channel (which itself could be better). Everything else either used to be good or never was. I should note that my selection of programming is limited so there may be more out there.
Actually, the reason ~30fps in a theater looks so smooth is NOT the blurring at all. If you knew projector technology you would tell be that in between each frame the machine blanks the entire screen to white. So while our brain is up and running the audience tends to have a minds projection during the time the next frame is being moved into position... then it is shown for a very small fraction of time then it blanks again. So what we see in a movie is only as good as it is because our brains are amaizing organisms that can do amaizing things w/o us knowing.