Amiga and CELL - What you think about

[AmigaBlitter]

Hi to all

I've posted a poll on Amigaworld about the possibility of Amiga on CELL architecture. What you think about?

http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=18800&forum=33

Thank you

[AmigaBlitter]

The Cell is not Expensive, considering that the final price of PS3 is about 500 Euro
If you look at the PS Board is something like a complete computer. Hard Disk, USB, Ethernet, Blu Ray Disk... Graphics GPU and 7.1 sound.

[AmigaBlitter]

Anyway, you like the idea of an Amiga Cell based workstation?

[AmigaBlitter]

Hi billt

Even 800 Euro or US$ is not expensive.Considering that the new CPU modules (the 1,7 ghz clocked cpu) from ACK Software Controls cost 850 US$, a PS3 system with the CELL, Blu ray disk,an equivalent to G70 GPU, a 7,1 soun system, an hard disk, Ehternet ADSL connection and USB 2.0 ports, is not expensive don't you think?
For the loss calculation, you are right. They probably think  that can gain revenues through games, licensing, and so on.

[AmigaBlitter]

But a CELL based workstation with our lovely OS4 inside: you completely refuse the IDEA?

[AmigaBlitter]

Hi

As i said to others, if you see in a reasonable time a Cell based workstation, you like the IDEA.

Remember that CELL is a target platform as Hyperion said

 :-)

Best regards

[AmigaBlitter]

There are many comments from the CELL programmers sound like this:

Programming the Cell is like programming the old Amiga. An spe unit is like the copper of the Amiga... and so on.

John Carmak, said that the PS3, is something like the old Amiga computer.

 ;-)

[AmigaBlitter]

HI T_bone


I'm happy you are here in Aorg.

I don't have a clue of how many people of AW are also Aorg users.

Anyway, we hope to have something real peace of hardware in our hands. If this are Cell Workstation, i can't find an appropriate icon to represent my happiness,

 :crazy:  :crazy:  :crazy:  :-D  :-D  :-)  :-P  ;-)  :banana:  :banana:  :banana:  :banana:  :banana:  :banana:

[AmigaBlitter]

The PS3 != The Cell...  THe PS3 is an expensive device over encumbered with hardware for throwing polygons at a TV screen. It is not a general purpose computing device.

The Cell can be used also as a coprocessor card. I don't mean at the Cell "only" as a primary processor. The Cell can be a secondory processor (a coprocessor) like the old amiga coprocessors.

Anyway a single Cell board has show up to 250 Gflops of computing power. Don't you think that is a dream machine for general purpose computing?

Best Regards

Thank you.

[AmigaBlitter]

I hope that for that date we have at least a piece of hardware for the Amiga Platform. I this will be a Cell ...

Good for us

[AmigaBlitter]

hehe :-D

But if you find me in every place that's mean that you are in every place. So i can say the same thing about you.

hehe :-D

Maybe you are follow my steps?

I'm Joking tech...

 :lol: