Why Sony should also use a Cell Processor for PS5 (x86+Cell coprocessor)

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Pemalite said:

bdbdbd said:

ARM appears to have been slightly faster in 05-06 than I previously stated. Actually ARM's been used by smartphones since 04 (or 03?), but yeah, the smartphones rocketed the ARM development.

Modern ARM chips seem to resemble a big and wide x86 core these days, especially Apple's CPU design.
Back then they had more in common to a narrow and slow Atom core.

In part this is because even the mobile OS's have so much unneeded stuff in them, it's hard to imagine - and in part you've been able to run off with "sloppy code" because of the increasingly powerful processors.

Pemalite said:

KBG29 said:

Any continued success though is very dependent on dropping Android and ARM from their Phones and TVs, and building a Sony experience across all of their platforms. Thus the PS5 has to stick to X86 and simplicity that can scale across all of Sonys products.

I disagree.
Apple isn't one of the largest technology companies on Earth because they stuck with x86 and have a degree of simplicity across all of their products.

Rather what Apple does is use the best technology available for their device.

Got a high-end Mac desktop PC? Nothing than a couple of high-end x86 processors will do.
Got a Macbook? Then an energy efficient Core processor is your best bet.
Got an iPhone? ARM is the only real option here, they are energy efficient and capable.
Got an iPad? Again. ARM.

And yet... Even despite the fact that the Mac and iPhone use different OS and processor variants... Apple provides a good experience across all it's devices.

I think what Kevin means by that is, that Sony could've had this "unified Sony architecture", not that different from UWP, that could've been possible IF Sony had used Cell and custom OS (such as the YDL) on all it's devices. This actually might have fit Sony's plans for taking over the livingroom, IF even the PS3 had been successful. With the PS3 flop, I'm sure management was quite sure this was not the winning formula, moreso with the advent of tablets, that actually disrupted the Sony model with TV as a center of your livingroom (yhis is why we are seeing the Switch, as Nintendo doesn't believe anymore that TV is the center of people's livinrooms, but doesn't count it out either).

Keep in mind that Apple is in the marginal when it comes to X86 based systems, so it really doesn't matter what they are running their computers with. And even if you're providing a good experience with them, in the end, it is very marginal market they're able to reach.