MikeB on 18 October 2008
@ Vertigo-X
Also, 8 CPUs, Mike? Come on... (Central Processing Unit) The 360 has three 'cpus,' yeah, but the Cell does NOT have 8 CPUs; it has one. -_-;;
Well 8 processors if you will... The PPE and 7 SPEs which are often referred to as systems on a chip within which the SPU acts as such a mini system's CPU. Each mini system is running its own micro operating system has a DMA controller, dedicated memory as well as a tiny amount of cache memory. A lot of the Cell's potential comes exactly from this design setup.
