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If Ed Webber is guilty of committing fraud, knowingly taken donations for a legal battle he knew he was not going to undertake, then can't the MPAA be indicted as well for profiting from the illegal actions of Mr. Webber? This could be a HUGE legal backfire for the MPAA and could be a major step towards stopping their Nazi-like rampage against Bittorrent. Is there anyone out there who donated that is or knows a lawyer that could look into it??
Besides the real world hardware issues that will likely come up, the author of the article didn't really cover the "politics" that will be involved in trying to make Cell replace x86 processors.
Most companies, unless some radically new programming techniques are made, are going to have a hard time switching from traditional software programming to one based on the Cell's parallel computing. Even he said it's a pain programming software that will correctly execute in a parallel environment. The only ones likely to switch over with any swiftness will be the game and high end computer industry. But I doubt someone would need a 30 GHz processor to use MS Word or other such programs. That's where most of the commercial PC business is located, using "work" programs that don't require blazing fast processors. And even with most of the computers being in the business sector, Cell is unlikely to (initially if even for a while) make a dent in the server and database markets.
Switching back to the hardware front, what about all the data being fed to the processor to compute? It comes straight from storage devices, whether they be flash, optical, magnetic, whatever. The data transfer rates for these are not close to utilizing the full potential of the Cell processor and won't be for a while. On top of that, and being my specialty, because Cell can handle so much so fast, they will require huge storage mediums along with huge data transfer rates. This will be needed due to the sheer size of new software written for Cell, which will be quite large simply because Cell can handle it quickly. Terabyte/in^2 storage space, what I am working on using nanoparticles and what will be needed for Cell applications, is at least several years away and will cost quite a bit when they come out. Most people won't want to spring for these hard drives or other storage mediums needed to fully use Cell. So until then, Cell might actually be more than we need or can handle. It's going to require leaps and bounds in other areas of the computer industry and that may be a little harder to do.
But then again, these huge leaps and bounds may come about tomorrow so who know what will happen. Science and Technology are advancing so rapidly that its anybody's guess as to what will happen. Sometimes all it takes to rule the world is just being at the right place at the right time with the right tools. Just ask Bill Gates.
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If Ed Webber is guilty of committing fraud, knowingly taken donations for a legal battle he knew he was not going to undertake, then can't the MPAA be indicted as well for profiting from the illegal actions of Mr. Webber? This could be a HUGE legal backfire for the MPAA and could be a major step towards stopping their Nazi-like rampage against Bittorrent. Is there anyone out there who donated that is or knows a lawyer that could look into it??
Besides the real world hardware issues that will likely come up, the author of the article didn't really cover the "politics" that will be involved in trying to make Cell replace x86 processors.
Most companies, unless some radically new programming techniques are made, are going to have a hard time switching from traditional software programming to one based on the Cell's parallel computing. Even he said it's a pain programming software that will correctly execute in a parallel environment. The only ones likely to switch over with any swiftness will be the game and high end computer industry. But I doubt someone would need a 30 GHz processor to use MS Word or other such programs. That's where most of the commercial PC business is located, using "work" programs that don't require blazing fast processors. And even with most of the computers being in the business sector, Cell is unlikely to (initially if even for a while) make a dent in the server and database markets.
Switching back to the hardware front, what about all the data being fed to the processor to compute? It comes straight from storage devices, whether they be flash, optical, magnetic, whatever. The data transfer rates for these are not close to utilizing the full potential of the Cell processor and won't be for a while. On top of that, and being my specialty, because Cell can handle so much so fast, they will require huge storage mediums along with huge data transfer rates. This will be needed due to the sheer size of new software written for Cell, which will be quite large simply because Cell can handle it quickly. Terabyte/in^2 storage space, what I am working on using nanoparticles and what will be needed for Cell applications, is at least several years away and will cost quite a bit when they come out. Most people won't want to spring for these hard drives or other storage mediums needed to fully use Cell. So until then, Cell might actually be more than we need or can handle. It's going to require leaps and bounds in other areas of the computer industry and that may be a little harder to do.
But then again, these huge leaps and bounds may come about tomorrow so who know what will happen. Science and Technology are advancing so rapidly that its anybody's guess as to what will happen. Sometimes all it takes to rule the world is just being at the right place at the right time with the right tools. Just ask Bill Gates.