16-05-2005, 03:28 AM
This info is off Gamespot: The Link --> http://hardware.gamespot.com/Story-ST-x-..._pagenum=3
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The Cell processor IBM presented at the ISSCC 2005 conference consisted of a general-purpose CPU core with eight additional "synergistic processing elements" (SPEs). Why would a consumer electronics device need so much processing power, you ask? Well, signal processing can require quite a bit of work. Instead of having a specialized chip on board just to process video, you can create software that will be able to use the Cell to, let's say, encode an HDTV-quality recording on the fly while you're playing a game at the same time.
Some of the Info -->
The Cell processor IBM presented at the ISSCC 2005 conference consisted of a general-purpose CPU core with eight additional "synergistic processing elements" (SPEs). Why would a consumer electronics device need so much processing power, you ask? Well, signal processing can require quite a bit of work. Instead of having a specialized chip on board just to process video, you can create software that will be able to use the Cell to, let's say, encode an HDTV-quality recording on the fly while you're playing a game at the same time.
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