Comments on: Creative launches new “stemcell” processor http://insidehpc.com/2009/01/12/creative-launches-new-stemcell-processor/ HPC news for supercomputing professionals Mon, 21 May 2012 17:48:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Mark http://insidehpc.com/2009/01/12/creative-launches-new-stemcell-processor/comment-page-1/#comment-137053 Mark Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:09:40 +0000 http://insidehpc.com/?p=3456#comment-137053 Well, sounds like they're making the same mistake as Cell. The Cell's biggest problem is it's completely lobotomized PPU core. 48 accelerators is a good idea (the more the merrier), but you really do need a capable CPU to run IO and memory management. Are two ARM cores going to work better than 1 stripped out G5? Well, sounds like they’re making the same mistake as Cell. The Cell’s biggest problem is it’s completely lobotomized PPU core. 48 accelerators is a good idea (the more the merrier), but you really do need a capable CPU to run IO and memory management.

Are two ARM cores going to work better than 1 stripped out G5?

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