Why is it that they can get a CELL to run at 4.7GHz, and not a single core chip?
Different designs run at different speeds. A processor with a ~14-stage pipeline (e.g. K8, 970) runs at ~2.5GHz; a processor with a 30-stage pipeline (e.g. Prescott) runs at ~4GHz. If you extended it even more, who knows?
And everyone here knows that GHz is not the same as performance.
I'm not surprised to see Apple's name witheld from the Power consortium. It seems to be classic Apple actualy, if they were included on that list, it would partialy disclose some of there future plans and intentions
Yeah.. they will disclose their intentions to use PowerPC processors in the future. What a scoop!!
Apple doesn't need to be in that consortium.. it might be as simple as that.
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Originally posted by mello
I just read that the cell chip runs at 4.6 ghz.
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Why is it that they can get a CELL to run at 4.7GHz, and not a single core chip?
Originally posted by onlooker
Why is it that they can get a CELL to run at 4.7GHz, and not a single core chip?
Different designs run at different speeds. A processor with a ~14-stage pipeline (e.g. K8, 970) runs at ~2.5GHz; a processor with a 30-stage pipeline (e.g. Prescott) runs at ~4GHz. If you extended it even more, who knows?
And everyone here knows that GHz is not the same as performance.
Originally posted by FallenFromTheTree
The companies released few details about Cell, saying more information will be divulged at a technical meeting next year in San Francisco.
Hmmmmmmmm...
Originally posted by mikenap
I'm not surprised to see Apple's name witheld from the Power consortium. It seems to be classic Apple actualy, if they were included on that list, it would partialy disclose some of there future plans and intentions
Yeah.. they will disclose their intentions to use PowerPC processors in the future. What a scoop!!
Apple doesn't need to be in that consortium.. it might be as simple as that.