LOL. PS3 YouTube vid.

LabR@t said:
the cell cpu has a spare processor in case one breaks, lol



WHAT A MOFO !

actually he is correct

Of these eight SPEs one is a spare - put in there in case manufacturing problems or wear and tear breaks one - with PS3's Cell only using seven of these separate cores at any one time.
 
McManicMan said:
actually he is correct

Of these eight SPEs one is a spare - put in there in case manufacturing problems or wear and tear breaks one - with PS3's Cell only using seven of these separate cores at any one time.


lol, if you cpu dies i doubt its going to be just the one core hey?
 
heh that is brilliant and i could only be arsed to watch the first minute or so.

I love the bit about the 8 SPE's with one being there just in case one of the others breaks. hahaha. genius, pure genius. Here was me thinking it was because Sony couldn't get high enough yields of cells with 8 cores so downgraded the specs to a 7 core so they could push more out the door.

EDIT: Beaten too it, but yeah, you are corect, it was for yield purposes. Most PS3s bought early on won't have a functioning 8th SPE.

EDIT2: I'm pretty sure the 7th is saved for the XMB but can be used through some trickery with the programming if needs be. Thats 6 SPE's for games or whatever, 1 for the XMB and 1 because the yield's with 8 functioning were so **** to begin with.
 
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Wow, what a joke :D

:edit: LOL 3rd generation of gaming?! What a complete twonk.
 
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Oh dear, that was painful, really painful, what an idiot. I wish I could upload my fist to his PC and ****slap him off his chair.
 
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