AMD Jaguar Cores

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AnthonyW86 said:

Although a really rough number you could compare MIPS(million instructions per second:

Xbox360 IBM "Xenon" (Triple core) 19,200 MIPS at 3.2 GHz
PS3 Cell BE (PPE only) 10,240 MIPS at 3.2 GHz
AMD E-350 (Dual core) 10,000 MIPS at 1.6 GHz
AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE 42,820 MIPS at 3.0 GHz
Intel Core i7 2600K 128,300 MIPS at 3.4 GHz

Just realized the full CBE chip and Sony could theoretically pull 51,200 MIPS. That's a monster for a chip designed eight years ago, with the 90nm manufacturing process in mind. Too bad it was spread among ten physical threads with limited applicability.

IBM really does come up with some crazy designs from time to time. I wonder if they'll try again with Intel pushing for Xeon-based supercomputers and whatnot. Probably not, but it would be fun to see.