Re: Any Cell BE programmers here?


Michael Schnell wrote:
I am doing some research on "virtual peripherals" (i.e. using the CPU to
do the work of classical I/O hardware, which can save a lot of device
cost, but (for decently fast stuff) is not doable with classical CPUs
but needs multi-processor chips or multithreaded CPUs).

Here the Cell is an interesting, device as it has the potential to
deliver huge multi-CPU power (e.g. using a BE for each virtual
peripheral) with (supposedly) a fantastic price/performance ratio.

As it is not originally designed and announced as an "embedded" device,
it is not recognized much in this segment. IMHO this should change.

I thought it was always intended to go into Toshiba HDTVs. They're
part of the 3-way venture after all.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every

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