In article <npadnTjMQcrawBPfRVn-uQ@comcast.com>,  <r500> wrote:
>Playstation3  only has  1 Cell Processor
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>" Although early reports suggested that PS3 would use four or even eight 
>Cell CPUs, many developers now believe that the system may only have one - "
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>http://gamesindustry.biz/news.php?aid=8790
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>and even this single Cell Processor has only 7 of the SPEs  (the workhorse 
>of Cell)  activated, instead of the normal
>8 SPEs.

        I think the idea that it would have 8 Cells was ridiculous in the 
first place, given what we now know about how much each single Cell 
probably costs.  In fact, I think it was probably a misunderstanding 
between multi-CPU and multi-core in the first place.  I will grant that 
I'm pretty sure we were all hyped for an 8 SPE unit, not 7.  {shrug}

        (followups to rgv.sony)
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