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http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/local/5310853.htm
Ein paar Zitate:
With the PS 3, Sony will apparently put 72 processors on a single chip: eight PowerPC microprocessors, each of which controls eight auxiliary processors.
``The cell processors won't work alone,'' Doherty said. ``They will work in teams to handle the tasks at hand, no matter whether it is processing a video game or communications.''
As soon as each processor or team finishes its job, it will be immediately redeployed to do something else.
Such complex, on-the-fly coordination is a technical challenge, and not just for Sony. Game developers warn that the cell chips do so many things at once that it could be a nightmare writing programs for them -- the same complaint they originally had about the PlayStation 2, Sony's current game console.
That kind of power would likely enable the PS 3 to simultaneously handle a wide range of electronic tasks in the home. For example, the kids might be able to race each other in a Grand Prix video game while Dad records an episode of ``The Simpsons.''
``The home server and the PS 3 may be the same thing,'' said Kunitake Ando, president and chief operating officer of Sony, at a recent dinner in Las Vegas.
A big risk for Sony and its allies is that in their quest to create a universal cell-based chip, they might compromise the PS 3's core video-game functionality. Chips suitable for a handheld, for example, might not be powerful enough to handle gaming tasks.
Sony has tried to address this problem by making the cell design modular; it can add more processors for a server, or use fewer of them in a handheld device.
``We plan to use the cell chips in other things besides the PlayStation 3,'' Ando said. ``IBM will use it in servers, and Toshiba will use it in consumer devices. You'd be surprised how much we are working on it now.''
So wie es aussieht setzt Sony auf eine Home Entertainment Konsole und nicht auf reines Gaming. Auf jden Fall klingt das für mich sehr ambitioniert und eher schwer zu programmieren.
Na ja, es sind ja noch ca. 2 Jahre bis das technische Design steht, da fliesst noch viel Wasser die Weser runter...
Ein paar Zitate:
With the PS 3, Sony will apparently put 72 processors on a single chip: eight PowerPC microprocessors, each of which controls eight auxiliary processors.
``The cell processors won't work alone,'' Doherty said. ``They will work in teams to handle the tasks at hand, no matter whether it is processing a video game or communications.''
As soon as each processor or team finishes its job, it will be immediately redeployed to do something else.
Such complex, on-the-fly coordination is a technical challenge, and not just for Sony. Game developers warn that the cell chips do so many things at once that it could be a nightmare writing programs for them -- the same complaint they originally had about the PlayStation 2, Sony's current game console.
That kind of power would likely enable the PS 3 to simultaneously handle a wide range of electronic tasks in the home. For example, the kids might be able to race each other in a Grand Prix video game while Dad records an episode of ``The Simpsons.''
``The home server and the PS 3 may be the same thing,'' said Kunitake Ando, president and chief operating officer of Sony, at a recent dinner in Las Vegas.
A big risk for Sony and its allies is that in their quest to create a universal cell-based chip, they might compromise the PS 3's core video-game functionality. Chips suitable for a handheld, for example, might not be powerful enough to handle gaming tasks.
Sony has tried to address this problem by making the cell design modular; it can add more processors for a server, or use fewer of them in a handheld device.
``We plan to use the cell chips in other things besides the PlayStation 3,'' Ando said. ``IBM will use it in servers, and Toshiba will use it in consumer devices. You'd be surprised how much we are working on it now.''
So wie es aussieht setzt Sony auf eine Home Entertainment Konsole und nicht auf reines Gaming. Auf jden Fall klingt das für mich sehr ambitioniert und eher schwer zu programmieren.
Na ja, es sind ja noch ca. 2 Jahre bis das technische Design steht, da fliesst noch viel Wasser die Weser runter...
) nen thread erstellt wo ich mal alles so zum thema ps3 zusammengesammelt hab was so im umlauf is..wobei natürlich klar is das das alles reine spekulation is...jedenfalls das meiste..is ne menge, aber wer interesse hat kanns sich ja mal durchlesen 
hoffentlich bleibt wenigstens nintendo ihrem motto treu und bauen den wahren "Powergamern" (geiles wort nich? 
