MikeB on 28 September 2007
@ Entroper
The Cell can run pixel shaders, but it would probably not be wise to ask it to do so.
That's better, the first part being factual and the latter part being a personal opinion clarified well enough by using "probably".
However this was a rather early research test. The article and game developers don't seem to agree. Guerrilla Games already uses similar approaches with regard to their first PS3 game, Killzone 2.
Here's an interesting PDF detailing some benefits and approaches regarding using the SPEs for deffered rendering:
Deferred Rendering in Killzone 2
