crumas2 on 29 July 2009
@Procrastinato
Technically, your description of the Cell's 8 functional "cores" is correct. They are indeed processor cores. But traditionally, a multi-core chip means a mult-general-purpose-core chip, such as those used in PCs, etc. I think it's misleading for someone to claim the Cell is an "8-core processor" because many will think of it in comparison with dual-core, quad-core, etc. processors, which is really comparing apples to oranges considering the very different architecture of the Cell.
Yes, the Cell rocks. But it would be nice if we stayed away from comparisons that are misleading.
