In article <krmdnRsF8vsaIjDfRVn-gA@comcast.com>, <Rage6c> wrote:
NEWSFLASH: Chip optimized for task X performs better at task X than chip optimized for task Y.
Idiot.
> These are a lot of slides, but this is a normalized comparision between an > Intel Xeon processor (pumped up Pentium 4) to Cell in what's known as a > Fourier Fast Transform. At a 256 point FFT each SPE is slightly more > powerful than an entire Xeon making Cell as a whole greater than 7x faster > than the Intel chip. Under the circumstances of the 16 million point FFT, > there's no competition. 100x faster. Xeon ran out of bandwidth and > computational resources. Cell kept on going. > > > http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/tacitblue73/BarcelonaCellProgrammingsli > des.gif > http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/tacitblue73/BarcelonaCellProgrammingsli > des1.gif > http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/tacitblue73/BarcelonaCellProgrammingsli > des2.gif > http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/tacitblue73/BarcelonaCellProgrammingsli > des3.gif > http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/tacitblue73/BarcelonaCellProgrammingsli > des4.gif > http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/tacitblue73/BarcelonaCellProgrammingsli > des5.gif > http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/tacitblue73/BarcelonaCellProgrammingsli > des6.gif > http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/tacitblue73/BarcelonaCellProgrammingsli > des7.gif > http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/tacitblue73/BarcelonaCellProgrammingsli > des8.gif > http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/tacitblue73/BarcelonaCellProgrammingsli > des9.gif
