Author: Andreas Guettinger
Date: 12:37:14 11/10/05
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On November 10, 2005 at 12:19:00, Joshua Shriver wrote: >A simulator has been released for testing the cell architecture. I'm not sure if >this is the same Cell process that's going to be in the PS3 or if it's something >different; since it's labeled the "cell broadband engine processor" > >http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/cellsystemsim > >There's also a full gcc toolchain for porting apps and writing code for the >system. > >-Josh Playing chess on the Cell will probably be like driving car races with a power mower; it's possible but it will never reach the level of a decent PC chip. The thing is a vector processing and SIMD beast, not something that's really useful for chess. I don't want to dissencourage anybody to write a chess program for the Playstation3/Xbox 360, but I would not expect to much from it, or you'll probably be dissappointed. regards Andy
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