informed speculation on IBM's 'Broadway' processor

[multi-core]

IBM's PowerPC-based CPU called 'Broadway' for the Nintendo Revolution
is almost definitally going to be based on one of two designs: a.) the
PPE (PowerPC Processing Element ) that is used in Xenon/Waternoose
(Xbox 360's triple-core CPU) and Cell --
or b.) the PowerPC 970FX.


Ars Technica speculates in this article:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/hardware/revolution.ars

really worth reading. Hannibal thinks that Broadway (Revolution's CPU)
is going to be the best next-gen CPU for gameplay control code and will
have the largest L2 cache at 2 MB (Xbox 360 CPU has 1 MB of L2 and
PS3's Cell has half a MB (512K). that makes perfect sense--Gamecube's
Gekko CPU had the largest amount of L2 cache of any current-gen
console, 256K, compared to 128K in Xbox CPU and even less in PS2's
Emotion Engine. the Revolution's Broadway CPU is likely to have 1 or
2 PPE cores and would therefore be able to process 2 or 4 threads, but
would be more effecient and easier to use than either Xbox360's
tri-core Xenon CPU or PS3's Cell.

 

[keith]

Oh, my!

 

[Computer Freak]

this is just a test. I am checking if i can start posting essages, but
the topic you are discussing is so interesting.

 

[Computer Freak]

this is another test. Hope it works this time. I wondery why my
messages are not displayed?

 

[Computer Freak]

this is another test. Hope it works this time. I wondery why my
messages are not displayed?

 

[Joe Pfeiffer]

this is another test. Hope it works this time. I wondery why my
messages are not displayed?

They are. Some mailreaders and some mailservers are configured so you
don't see your own posts; the rest of us have seen at least three from
you.

It is customary to send test messages to alt.test, rather than
clogging three newsgroups with crossposted tests.

 

[Del Cecchi]

this is another test. Hope it works this time. I wondery why my
messages are not displayed?

Becuz u r n idiot too stupid to read usenet. Which group do you read,
moron?

 

[Trent]

They are. Some mailreaders and some mailservers are configured so you
don't see your own posts; the rest of us have seen at least three from
you.

It is customary to send test messages to alt.test, rather than
clogging three newsgroups with crossposted tests.

Testing... testing...

 

[keith]

Testing... testing...

Your article didn't get posted. Try again.

 

[Rodrick Brown]

no problems here