Cell CPU as the next thing?

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What do you think about using a Cell CPU that has 30x FPU performance to that of a Intel PC as the CPU for a computing platform?

I would prefer x86+OpenCL since medium-range gfx cards probably have that power and much more :-)

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OpenCL, as in 0wn3d by Apple for use with closed hardware like Nvidia?

OpenCL*is an open standard, initally developed by Apple but supported by AMD, Intel, nVidia and IBM. nVidia uses his propietary CUDA.

The power of Amiga comes from powerful auxillary chips?

Agnus, Denise and Paula were powerful auxiliary chips that assisted the cpu. OpenCL and GPUs are the 2010's version of that. Cell also supports OpenCL.