| alpha_dk said: I agree Off topic: What is the deal with rating posts all of a sudden? I'm not on much for a week cause I had to move, and all of a sudden there's new memes that I don't get. I give that meme a 0.5. |
I was commenting more on the now-bolded part, as most 'regular' programs are built upon a layer that is in the process of becoming closer to server tech. Servers are a very good guide to where General Computing is going, I just think Sony entered this next phase a bit too soon. Not only were the programmers not ready for the new paradigm, but the other supporting technology that usually has a greater chance to mature before reaching them is also still unmatured because the tech is so different. I still feel that in 10 years, the Cell *might* be a good choice for development. I can see that with everone being dragged kicking and screaming into the multi-core world. Server processors will still in some ways differentiate from PC processors to be tailored more to running server applications primarily. As it stands with the Cell, it looks like we agree that the server side was definitely ironed out first (this is where I say that IBM. We will have to see if it is as competitive in the future with the other technologies. Sony certainly has an incentive to get games to run better on it, but so far it immature as you said. If Sony wants BC with the PS4 though, the are going to have to stick with it. I don't imagine it would be an easy processor to emmulate. By that point, it will be more mature.
I give that post a 9.8.
Thank god for the disable signatures option.
