Cell Processor: "Dead In The Water"

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Lastgengamer on 23 November 2009

Captain Obvious said:
The first article you linked to is from today, the second one from 11 months ago. Keep up the good work!

Thanks :)

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Dgc1808 on 23 November 2009

If SONY wants an upgraded cell for the PS4 to insure easy backwards compatibility, they can still get IMB to develop the tech if they want.

4 ≈ One

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Serious_frusting on 23 November 2009

isnt5 toshiba still developing the cell?

The problem with the cell is. it is extremely powerful at certain tasks. But others it flops hard.

What the cell needs is extremely complex software behind it. not more power. The can go for any processor with new and strange architecture

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Darc Requiem on 23 November 2009

I made a thread about this three days ago.

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=93032&page=1

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alephnull on 23 November 2009

IBM has other cellular architectures

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclops64

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Spankey on 23 November 2009

I think the main problem with the cell is it's name.
Really, who want's to be reminded of some lame movie every time they fire up a device?
Doomed from the start imo

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sergiodaly on 23 November 2009

i think PS4 if its up to exist some day, should have a big improvement in GPU power and memory size... the HD its up to 1080p and PS3 already deal with that... so by enabling physics in the GPU and give the console more memory to sharper textures that could be the leap that is needed to the next gen and to deal with 3D gaming that i believe to be the next big thing...

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Cypher1980 on 23 November 2009

Well the CELL was never going to be everyones cup of tea.

I've lost count of the number of people that defend it and claim all DEVS in the world bar a handful are "LAZY DEVS"

The fact is in video game terms the CELL is the proverbial square peg in a round hole.

It was designed for multi processor supercomputing. Climate modelling and such.