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Shino
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 10:29 am    Post subject: Cell processor to be uncovered in Feb.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/11/29/news_6114033.html

ok... 16 teraflops. Most of you may not know what that means.

A "flop" is a "floating point operation." Decimal arithmetic.

Think of it this way...

16,000,000,000,000 calculations per second.

That's 16 TRILLION! IN ONE SECOND! Holy Crap!

for reference...

PS2 CPU apparently does 6 Gigaflops
GC CPU does 13 Gigaflops
Xbox graphics processor supposedly does 140 Gigaflops

If anyone knows how many flops a P3 733 pushes (CPU of the xbox) please post it.

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:13 pm    Post subject:

OMFG!!! PS3 is going to r0x0r!! Thanks for the link Shino.... I have been looking for more information on the chip, as well as the PS3 development.

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:27 pm    Post subject:

well apparently they will have a test ps3 out a month after the chip is uncovered.

*dances*

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 12:32 pm    Post subject:

*dances with Shino* But not in a gay way.

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 8:34 pm    Post subject:

Shino wrote:
well apparently they will have a test ps3 out a month after the chip is uncovered.

*dances*

You know there's a chance they'll let us beta test the systems. Slim chance but it's there.

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:35 pm    Post subject:

I have no clue what the hell you guys just said . . . but if this gets you dancing, then I'm all for it.

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:50 pm    Post subject:

What they're talking about is sheeer brute processing force. The new cell is apparently able to process about one thousand times more complex instructions (like floating point demical manipulations) in a second than a pretty good processor like the ones in most gaming machines.

That's why they're dancing. Those hair-trigger reflexes can now splatter blood with even more accuracy.

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 11:52 pm    Post subject:

They're doing some kind of self-healing deal so it doesn't slow down and all that mess.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:12 am    Post subject:

Ultrawolf wrote:
Shino wrote:
well apparently they will have a test ps3 out a month after the chip is uncovered.

*dances*

You know there's a chance they'll let us beta test the systems. Slim chance but it's there.


I highly doubt that my friend.

Zane, the "Cell Processor" is a new chip that was being worked on by IBM, Toshiba and Sony. It is the most advanced CPU ever. and it is going to be the heart of the PS3.

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:29 am    Post subject:

Shino wrote:
Ultrawolf wrote:
Shino wrote:
well apparently they will have a test ps3 out a month after the chip is uncovered.

*dances*

You know there's a chance they'll let us beta test the systems. Slim chance but it's there.


I highly doubt that my friend.

Zane, the "Cell Processor" is a new chip that was being worked on by IBM, Toshiba and Sony. It is the most advanced CPU ever. and it is going to be the heart of the PS3.


Hey you never know ^^
They let us test the hard drives so testing hardware isn't too crazy. But yer prolly right.

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