Will Apple use the Cell processor?
The new Cell microprocessor announced by IBM,
Sony and Toshiba on Monday promises a paradigm shift in processing power. Eight synergistic processing centers can
simultaneously execute 10 instruction sequences, as compared to Intel’s two today. It is expected to be able to handle
multiple operating system and high-bandwidth applications running simultaneously.
It is computer nirvana.
What do you think - will Apple start using this chip in its Macs? A strategic partnership with Sony may insinuate that
this may indeed be what Steve Jobs and Co. have in mind, and would explain the easy self-confidence at proclaiming 2005
the “Year of HD,” considering how much bandwidth and
processing power you’d want to have around to really smoothly process high-definition data…
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PXLated said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
There's all kinds of conflicting opinions on this. I happen to enjoy the series on... http://www.macsimumnews.com ...by Neo. If you haven't read the posts, do, well worth the time :-)
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hawks5999 said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
It would make sense that they are clearing out their inventory of G4 processors by putting them into Mac Minis so that they can start to build around the Cell processor.
I'm hoping they go this way. It would put an end to the misleading Mhz comparisons between Apple and Wintel
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KIVERS said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
I absolutely see Apple adopting the cell processor, but I don't think we'll see it until sometime in 2006 at the earliest.
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Pedro said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
While I would much rather see the PowerPC base of processors continue going on... anything that is better for speed gets a thumbs up from me.
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Electric Monk said 8:19AM on 7-13-2005
The Cell processor is great... But.
The Altivec/VMX sucks on it. Apple is way to heavily invested in Altivec. Using a Cell processor in addition to a G5 seems possible, but in the short to medium term instead of is not really a possibility.
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David K. Every said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
I wrote my own summary of the cell processor and what it means to Apple.
http://www.igeek.com/CellProcessor.pdf
http://homepage.mac.com/dke/.cv/dke/Public/CellProcessor.pdf-binhex.hqx
http://www.mymac.com/fileupload/CellProcessor.pdf
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