What's the point of cell?

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NJ5 said:

bdbdbd said:
@NJ5: I think Greenmedic nailed it; PS3 was designed to be something else than (just) a gaming console.
Btw, wasn't five SPE:s the maximum amount, that could be used in games all the time, when the sixth may be "borrowed" by the system without a prior notice in PS3?

Nope, the seventh SPE is reserved for the OS (games can never use it AFAIK, so there's no such thing as a shared core on the PS3). This means the game has one PPE and 6 SPEs for itself. Apparently, KZ2 is using the PPE fully and 4 of the 6 SPEs (but not fully).

EDIT - I just did a google search and all the links seem to confirm what I wrote.

 

 

the same as the white engine according to square enix.