MikeB on 08 April 2009
| Cueil said: They are called SPUs for a reason. |
SPU stands for Synergistic Processing Unit.
Synergism just means: The interaction of elements that when combined produce a total effect that is greater than the sum of the individual elements, contributions, etc.
They are general purpose processors and are more feature rich than processors of the past which were also considered being general purpose processors. They are extremely powerful for calculations, which is a common trade for a high spec processor.
