Cell Processor Has Nine Cores

[samrulez]

Hey,
the CELL processor from IBM has nine cores.It is clocked at 4GhZ
Can you beat that! Soonly we will say good bye to dual core processors,when there are nine core processors round the corner.

[startmenu]

You mean one can expect them to come in a home PC ( sooner or later ) or are they meant only for Servers ?

[samrulez]

Of course initially in servers but one day in desktops.But still be ready to empty your pocket
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You mean one can expect them to come in a home PC ( sooner or later ) or are they meant only for Servers ?

[Brat-Man]

Round the Corner??

The Cell Processor is the Default Processor in PlayStation 3..

The Linux Kernel 2.6.16 Officially Supports the Processor and the Processor Architecture is Open-Source too.

[SignificantMind]

wtf? dual means multiple doesn't it? bah im confused.

[Charan]

the Processor Architecture is Open-Source too.

can you please give the link to the open source thing.

[mehulved]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(microprocessor) read the refrences and stuff.
Please use google people, sergio and larry are dying of hunger. :-).

[borg]

hmmm. I am kind of done with drooling over processor specifications. In a couple of years this cell processor will be 'outdated'.The same type of hype surrounded the Emotion engine. Look where it is now.