On Thu, 09 Jun 2005 14:33:36 -0500, xenon360 wrote:
> http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23849 > > > http://xlr8yourmac.com/ > > quote: > "Also, all the cell people and the AMD people need to be quiet. Apple > evaluated both. AMD has the same, if not worse, supply problems as IBM. > Their roadmap is fine, but the production capacity is not. > > The tested Cell as well. That processor is NOT intended for PC > applications. (it was designed for game systems, not as a general use CPU) > The lack of out of order execution and ILP control logic creates very poor > performance with existing software. Having developers rewrite for cell > would have been MUCH more work than reworking for Intel. And that's what > this is, you rework your codebase in ALL cases, not rewrite it. "
i may be wrong but doesnt amd have a substanitaly larger share of the computer market than apple, their ability to produce cheaply enough to give apple big discounts but i guess amd will be happy enough with the highend.
