Topic: Cell Cpu Photo! (Read 336 times)

cr4ck3rj4ck · « **on:** September 19, 2006, 02:14:00 PM »

IBM has released a photo of their prototype blade server motherboard featuring 2 Cell processors; the same processor used in the PS3. The 2 cell chips are on the left (big white squares).

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redwolf · « **Reply #1 on:** September 19, 2006, 02:22:00 PM »

thats the PS4 motherboard with a built-in modchip

Mr Invader · « **Reply #2 on:** September 19, 2006, 04:10:00 PM »

thats huge

incognegro · « **Reply #3 on:** September 19, 2006, 04:17:00 PM »

scared me for a minute. I thought that was the ps3 motherboard

Its fucking gozirra!!!

saunders73 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 19, 2006, 04:21:00 PM »

if that motherboard has 2 cells and its huge, how big is the ps3 motherboard gonna be?

Mr Invader · « **Reply #5 on:** September 19, 2006, 07:20:00 PM »

QUOTE(saunders73 @ Sep 19 2006, 05:28 PM)

if that motherboard has 2 cells and its huge, how big is the ps3 motherboard gonna be?

uhh the PS3 has one cell mptherboard. so it will be smaller

saunders73 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 20, 2006, 04:36:00 AM »

holy shit lol, that was a stupid comment for me to make

got the cells and spe confused

bucko · « **Reply #7 on:** September 20, 2006, 05:24:00 AM »

Yer is it true that the Cell CPU is really designed for multi cpu configurations but the only closest fastest component in the PS3 near the Cell CPU is the RSX GPU so they are tightly linked together? Maybe they should have put two CPU's in the PS3 for that high price tag.

incognegro · « **Reply #8 on:** September 20, 2006, 06:08:00 AM »

From what I hear the Cell has issues with Vertex shaders so the RSX is there to pick up the slack (in other words they compliment each other quite well). So two Cells just wouldn't be a good idea.

I could be completely wrong on that. So anybody in the know is welcome to correct me

cr4ck3rj4ck · « **Reply #9 on:** September 20, 2006, 06:38:00 AM »

I wouldn't be surprised to see the Cell and the RSX bound together in some weird bus-sharing relationship. The PS2's CPU can not operate without the Graphics Synthesizer (or at least without some re-engineering).

cr4ck3rj4ck · « **Reply #10 on:** September 20, 2006, 12:44:00 PM »

The Cell seems to be about the same size as the current EE+GS playstation 2 chip.

twistedsymphony · « **Reply #11 on:** September 20, 2006, 12:47:00 PM »

QUOTE(cr4ck3rj4ck @ Sep 20 2006, 02:51 PM)

The Cell seems to be about the same size as the current EE+GS playstation 2 chip.

yeah that's what I thought too.

cr4ck3rj4ck · « **Reply #12 on:** September 20, 2006, 12:52:00 PM »

Its very possible they could be using the same exact packaging to improve manufacturing costs. If anyone has ever seen the EE+GS chip it's pretty generous in size. I've got an EE+GS chip that I can use to directly compare when this thing rolls out.

(For those who don't know, the EE+GS chip is the chip found in the PS2 that contains the Emotion Engine processor and the Graphics Synthesizer )

Deftech · « **Reply #13 on:** September 20, 2006, 01:36:00 PM »

QUOTE(cr4ck3rj4ck @ Sep 20 2006, 02:59 PM)

(For those who don't know, the EE+GS chip is the chip found in the PS2 that contains the Emotion Engine processor and the Graphics Synthesizer )

Sorry, I chuckle when I read "emotion engine" and "synthesizer"

cr4ck3rj4ck · « **Reply #14 on:** September 20, 2006, 02:08:00 PM »

Yeah their naming conventions are based on retarded PR BS. It is essentially just a CPU and GPU

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