Viper1 on 22 November 2010
| AnthonyW86 said: a quad-core cpu(although depending on it's speed) would suggest that it's not going to be much powerfull than the current 360 and PS3, just like Wii isn't much more powerfull than PS2 and Xbox. |
The number of cores isn't a valid metric determining comparable system capabilities.
This 4 core chip from Marvell would get ripped to shreds by a high end 4 core chip from Intel. Another example are that both the Wii and PS3 are technically single core processors. The PS3's 7 SPE's are not "cores" as they are not independant.
I even doubt the next consoles from Sony and MS use more than 4 cores. For closed environment, specialist hardware, rampinging up the cores has a drastic rate of diminishing returns.
The rEVOLution is not being televised
