@ NJ5
I have been a tech writer in the past (have been an advisor for various tech companies and been a spokesperson for a big developer consortium in the past), However I am not a professional programmer as you know. People who never programmed can't imagine how boring and frustrating that can be if you're ambitious. Hence I prefer my current profession.
I want to know how tech works, that's why I had in depth discussions with IBM technical experts and fellow tech writers like my buddy Nicholas Blanchford regarding the Cell and Xenon in the past. There are some roadblocks regarding the introduction of innovative new processor designs, but there's no doubt the Cell processor like it's implemented in the PS3 is a lot more powerful potentially compared to what the 360's Xenon can provide.