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New CPU coming out?......
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Has anyone read up on the new CPU that IBM,Sony and toshiba has been working on.. I read a bit and what I read seems to be a great new technology.....( well maybe not really new but new to the market.)
do a search for cell chip....read on the artical for ps3 and IBM...
tell me what you think.
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Sorry to be hatin' man but seriously, do a search. There have been numerous threads about it...
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Originally posted by far200:
tell me what you think.
Ummmm, I better not.
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That's the Cell processor. It's designed specifically for grid computing. It's really, really nifty.
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I think I posted about this about two years ago 
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Cell, you mean? It's true that it is PowerPC based, but Apple hasn't announced any plans to actually use it. It would be nifty, though.
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Anyone know when the first PowerBooks will use that processor 
Should I wait or get a Dell right now ?
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Get a Dell now, Apple's dying didn't you hear?
Anyway I am curious as to how this is going to coexist with IBM's PPC 9xx series of chips. They say this will scale all the way from cell phones to consoles to servers. Obviously the 970 right now is a server/work station class chip, so what direction is it going to head in to? Though this does have one wondering, is this going to signal a cozier relationship with Apple, IBM and Sony?
Imagine the advertising budget that's going to go into the PS3 possibly advertising Cell, think bigger than the P4, do you think Apple will pick up on that and for once not re-brand a processor? Or is Apple even willing to give up that much control?
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-5563803.html
Really cool news article on it, just came out today.
Talks a little more about the Cell processor. It's so scalable you can stick it in something like a Cell phone, but also scale it up for a full blown computer.
The nifty thing is that since each processor can work with one next to it, you could technically have a cell phone that's more powerful than most desktop computers.
I think it's really cool. The Mac mini is a perfect candidate for this.
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Such technological ideas will keep advancing computers in the future!
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Originally posted by sugar_coated:
Such technological ideas will keep advancing computers in the future!
You're like a new version of wdlove. Not that there's anything wrong with that
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I had read that this Cell processor could be a G 6 for Apple. That the G could be dropped and be C1 etc.
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I read that cross-eyed people can't swim.
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Originally posted by moonmonkey:
I read that cross-eyed people can't swim.
They can...They just swim in circles..
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