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caffeinade on 26 December 2017
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Ruler said:
caffeinade said:

You don't just buy a CPU and RAM, slam it in a box and be done with it.
That isn't how it works.

If Sony did put a Cell in the PS5 they would have to live with that for the entire life-cycle of that console, meaning:
They would have to supply / develop an OS that is capable of running in such a system.
They would have to write an API, or extend an existing one to support the exotic hardware configuration.
They would have to teach developers how to get the maximum performance out of the Cell.
They would have to learn how to develop games that can leverage all of the Cell, to stay competitive with Microsoft and everyone else.
They would have to give up the performance of adding an SSD cache or another x86 core, or some more GPU core, or an FPGA or whatever.

All of that would cost more than $50 per unit.
And even at $50 per unit (or even one dollar) they could do so much more.

+ a Cell proving BC, is not necessary.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goSgzyxwxVA
A Ryzen 1200 running Demon Souls just fine for a young emulator.
Given a first party developed emulator, and the CPU you define in your PS5 and PS3 games will run perfectly and beyond.
Without a Cell.

Thats not running fine to be honest. 

Yeah all these stuff you have listed is true but its also true for X86 hardware especially limited to 400$-500$, and i think it still better and easier to just have an extra processor than some Mhz more. Sony knows both architectures now , X86 and Cell, it shouldnt be that hard to make that work together. And as i have mentioned before it should be Reserved for certain things not the whole game. And you forget the XDR2 Ram.

Ah, that is fine for a relatively young emulator.
Given a few years of development pretty much all games will run beyond a PS3 on that same processor.
Sony would use a more advanced, faster CPU in their PS5, with an OS that runs with less overhead.

You don't just hand over some cash to Lisa Su and get some extra megahertz in return.
Sony could spend that fifty dollars and buy extra GPU cores, or whatever.

If they spend fifty USD on a Cell, Microsoft can undercut Sony by fifty dollars, or spend their fifty dollars elsewhere.
Assuming that Sony sells ten million units year one, when the Cell + XDR2 is fifty USD.
What is 10,000,000 * 50?
500,000,000 USD.
Half a billion dollars wasted in one year.

You don't just throw a $50 component into a product.
Half a billion dollars would be better spent on marketing.

Goodbye.

Last edited by caffeinade - on 26 December 2017