Report: Sony working with IBM in new Cell processor

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disolitude said:

IamAwsome said:

Damn 16 cores!!  What is Sony smoking? Wouldn't 12 cores be enough?

 4 cores is enough. I have yet to see any PC games which can scale really well to more than 4 cores.

I really don't know what next gen will be about but things like 3D gaming, 1080p@60 frames per secon, 3 monitor gaming...none of that needs a CPU with more than 4 cores.

It needs a GPU the size of a brick tho :)

The cell is just ONE core and the SPU are just a subdivision of it. Though what makes the SPUs great for a console, is that the SPUs can handle GPU tasks.

So 16 SPUs in the next cell could help a LOT to the GPU that is going to be used.