Fastest Processor ever

Driver 7 · Aug 11, 2003, 12:38 PM

I just read this at Guru and had to post it. Predictions are that this new chip in the making, Named the CELL. Will Calculate roughly 1 trillion mathematical calculations per second, roughly 100 times more than a single Pentium 4 chip running at 2.5GHz.
Thats Awwwesome.
Read here

**MIG-31** · Aug 11, 2003, 12:41 PM

isn't that the one reported in news for playstation 3!

Driver 7 · Aug 11, 2003, 01:42 PM

Sony is part of the engineering along with toshiba and IBM. But I cant really see a playstation needing that. Nobody needs that. It's insane. I cant even immagine what the rest of the system that was built to run it would be.

Driver 7 · Aug 11, 2003, 01:46 PM

I guess your right. It is the next PS3.

**MIG-31** · Aug 11, 2003, 01:51 PM

i guess i'm eight

don't know how to take that.depends on what your intentions are.

i were a little suprised to see that myslf a cpu speed like that for a console is asking a lot of dosh.consider it this way the xbox in my opinion is far superior to the ps2 & that has an equivilent to a p3 733mhz cpu.

Logla · Aug 11, 2003, 01:54 PM

Can I be 13?

That does seem like an awfull lot of power for a console. Why the hell would it need it?

~~HawK~~ · Aug 11, 2003, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by johnybravo
i guess i'm eight don't know how to take that.depends on what your intentions are.

i were a little suprised to see that myslf a cpu speed like that for a console is asking a lot of dosh.consider it this way the xbox in my opinion is far superior to the ps2 & that has an equivilent to a p3 733mhz cpu.

oh yes you are so eight

**MIG-31** · Aug 11, 2003, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by HawK
oh yes you are so eight

if only i were to think that were 22 years ago don't time fly.

~~HawK~~ · Aug 11, 2003, 02:59 PM

Yes time flyes, you are right........ euh I meant eight

**MIG-31** · Aug 11, 2003, 03:39 PM

nice one for editing your post afterwards driver7,lol

Judas · Aug 11, 2003, 11:53 PM

The cell design orginally came from IBM.... they had the info on it out first.... then people jump on the wagon and is helping produce it.... i understood that amd is working also along side ibm in the format..... It's a 3D CPU ..... it's not layed out flat and built...but built with layers in mind....and alot fo cells put together... (or so i understood from the images and writeup i read a good long time ago)

**Roadee** · Aug 12, 2003, 12:00 AM

I wonder if this CPU will be able to render Virtual Reality?? Or at least something close to it. A CPU like that in a gaming console will force the game companies to finally make games worth looking at......at almost movie quality. This can only be a good thing!!

studbagel9 · Aug 12, 2003, 12:09 AM

I heard that playstation 3 probably wasn't going to be able to use cell, that it's way too far advanced right now.

DallasStar · Aug 13, 2003, 01:38 AM

Playstation 3 is supposed to be BASED on CELL. It will use a modified (economized) version.

Rayder · Aug 13, 2003, 02:18 AM

And of course the PS3 will probably be SEVERELY limited on RAM. They love to do that.

giantm · Aug 13, 2003, 11:48 AM

well, as all i heard from SONY, PS3 are network consoles, thus they can form arrays and share their CPU time, just like SETi@home. I guess that speed was estimated based on the biggest array it can form. Maybe between 50-100 consoles together via giga ethernet or optical network.
Also, P4 is a 32bit processer but Dreamcast, Gamecube and PS2 are now using 128bit processer already...
I guess cell is a 256bit or even 512bit processer, possibily 256bit w/ extremely large full speed cache (around 1-2MB), and operating w/ a 512bit GPU

digerati · Aug 13, 2003, 01:05 PM

Geez, wonder what Nintendo and Microsoft have up their sleeves to battle with this...eh...THING lol

Aug 11, 2003, 12:38 PM	#1
Driver 7 Discombobulated NVidiot Join Date: May 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC - CANADA Posts: 1,015 Rep Power: 0	Fastest Processor ever I just read this at Guru and had to post it. Predictions are that this new chip in the making, Named the CELL. Will Calculate roughly 1 trillion mathematical calculations per second, roughly 100 times more than a single Pentium 4 chip running at 2.5GHz. Thats Awwwesome. Read here __________________ [COLOR=Black]Asus A8N Deluxe SLI, AMD64 4200 X2 Dual Core, 2x 6800's, Corsair TwinX PC4000 DDR500, Yamaha F1 cdrw, Soundblaster Audigy 2, 2 SATA 120 gig Maxtor HD's, Raid 0 array, Altec Lancing 5.1 Surround Speakers, Thermaltake Xaser III Case, Stealth 470w Power supply, 21.3" Samsung widescreen, MX1000 Lazer mouse.[/COLOR]

Aug 11, 2003, 12:41 PM	#2
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,818 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	isn't that the one reported in news for playstation 3! __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Aug 11, 2003, 01:42 PM	Thread Starter #3
Driver 7 Discombobulated NVidiot Join Date: May 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC - CANADA Posts: 1,015 Rep Power: 0	Sony is part of the engineering along with toshiba and IBM. But I cant really see a playstation needing that. Nobody needs that. It's insane. I cant even immagine what the rest of the system that was built to run it would be. __________________ [COLOR=Black]Asus A8N Deluxe SLI, AMD64 4200 X2 Dual Core, 2x 6800's, Corsair TwinX PC4000 DDR500, Yamaha F1 cdrw, Soundblaster Audigy 2, 2 SATA 120 gig Maxtor HD's, Raid 0 array, Altec Lancing 5.1 Surround Speakers, Thermaltake Xaser III Case, Stealth 470w Power supply, 21.3" Samsung widescreen, MX1000 Lazer mouse.[/COLOR]

Aug 11, 2003, 01:46 PM	Thread Starter #4
Driver 7 Discombobulated NVidiot Join Date: May 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC - CANADA Posts: 1,015 Rep Power: 0	I guess your right. It is the next PS3. __________________ [COLOR=Black]Asus A8N Deluxe SLI, AMD64 4200 X2 Dual Core, 2x 6800's, Corsair TwinX PC4000 DDR500, Yamaha F1 cdrw, Soundblaster Audigy 2, 2 SATA 120 gig Maxtor HD's, Raid 0 array, Altec Lancing 5.1 Surround Speakers, Thermaltake Xaser III Case, Stealth 470w Power supply, 21.3" Samsung widescreen, MX1000 Lazer mouse.[/COLOR] Last edited by Driver 7; Aug 11, 2003 at 02:33 PM.

Aug 11, 2003, 01:51 PM	#5
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,818 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	i guess i'm eight don't know how to take that.depends on what your intentions are. i were a little suprised to see that myslf a cpu speed like that for a console is asking a lot of dosh.consider it this way the xbox in my opinion is far superior to the ps2 & that has an equivilent to a p3 733mhz cpu. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Aug 11, 2003, 01:54 PM	#6
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	Can I be 13? That does seem like an awfull lot of power for a console. Why the hell would it need it?

Aug 11, 2003, 02:59 PM	#9
~~HawK~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,092 Rep Power: 0	Yes time flyes, you are right........ euh I meant eight

Aug 11, 2003, 03:39 PM	#10
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,818 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	nice one for editing your post afterwards driver7,lol __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Aug 12, 2003, 12:00 AM	#12
Roadee Never forgotten Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Rest In peace, Joe. Posts: 2,198 Rep Power: 69	I wonder if this CPU will be able to render Virtual Reality?? Or at least something close to it. A CPU like that in a gaming console will force the game companies to finally make games worth looking at......at almost movie quality. This can only be a good thing!! __________________ We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then things get worse.

Aug 12, 2003, 12:09 AM	#13
studbagel9 Rolling the Hard Six Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lock Haven, PA Posts: 767 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I heard that playstation 3 probably wasn't going to be able to use cell, that it's way too far advanced right now. __________________

Aug 13, 2003, 01:38 AM	#14
DallasStar Junior Join Date: May 2002 Location: Wave Existence Posts: 2,065 Rep Power: 0	Playstation 3 is supposed to be BASED on CELL. It will use a modified (economized) version. __________________ "A picture of my existence... would show a useless wooden stake covered in snow... stuck loosely at a slant in the ground in a ploughed field on the edge of a vast open plain on a dark winter night." --- Franz Kafka

Aug 13, 2003, 02:18 AM	#15
Rayder Mostly lurking lately.... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 2,161 Rep Power: 73	And of course the PS3 will probably be SEVERELY limited on RAM. They love to do that.

Aug 13, 2003, 11:48 AM	#16
giantm DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 0	PS3 well, as all i heard from SONY, PS3 are network consoles, thus they can form arrays and share their CPU time, just like SETi@home. I guess that speed was estimated based on the biggest array it can form. Maybe between 50-100 consoles together via giga ethernet or optical network. Also, P4 is a 32bit processer but Dreamcast, Gamecube and PS2 are now using 128bit processer already... I guess cell is a 256bit or even 512bit processer, possibily 256bit w/ extremely large full speed cache (around 1-2MB), and operating w/ a 512bit GPU

Aug 13, 2003, 01:05 PM	#17
digerati Everyones life has worth Join Date: May 2003 Location: My Yellow Bug Posts: 3,779 Rep Power: 0	Geez, wonder what Nintendo and Microsoft have up their sleeves to battle with this...eh...THING lol