Comments on: Jobs rejects Cell Processor http://topofcool.com/blog/2005/06/13/jobs-rejects-cell-processor/ You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike. Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:56:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Finster http://topofcool.com/blog/2005/06/13/jobs-rejects-cell-processor/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:27:20 +0000 http://www.topofcool.com/?p=48#comment-28 “well we should consider that the Cell is made for an entirely different type of program that x86 chips are made for”

Not true, my friend.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20040512033325.html

Sony/IBM have been planning Cell workstations from the get-go.

]]> By: Factory http://topofcool.com/blog/2005/06/13/jobs-rejects-cell-processor/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Fri, 24 Jun 2005 07:54:03 +0000 http://www.topofcool.com/?p=48#comment-27 Hmm well we should consider that the Cell is made for an entirely different type of program that x86 chips are made for, it will prolly run games at about the same level as all the other next gen CPUs, but they all would be crap at running your average PC application.
Additionally intel make a range of CPUs (server, low/high-end desktop, and mobile) which are far more suited to their markets than a single chip could ever be.
Not to mention Apple would have to design a chipset for the Cell if they wanted to use it, which is a big hunk of money right there.

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