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[Derick Centeno]

Henry,

I believe you misread the Wikipedia reference.

Perhaps that is not the case, it is also possible that between the time 
you referenced it and I did, additions were made which were not there 
before. 
Let's be clear that as convenient as Wikipedia is; it is not reliable as 
a consistent reference.  The author of the article for Wikipedia 
complains that he didn't use all his references as Wikipedia's system is 
doesn't meet professional standards.  In any case, the article and 
associated photos are interesting as a beginning point of information 
gathering.  Keep in mind that the author of this article admits only to 
working for IBM and will not post his name.

The article should be considered only as an initial reference to be 
cross-checked by interested readers and researchers interested in this 
information.  The author warns of his article has produced a great deal 
of misunderstanding and misrepresentation regarding the facts.  He 
admits that discussing the Cell is an extremely complex endeavor.  
Again, there is no replacement for in depth examination and 
cross-referencing facts. 

I discovered the article by going to Wikipedia's main page and typing 
"cell" in the search field.  Then I chose "Cell microprocessor".  The 
article I read, pops up from there.

The link however, which I provided earlier published by High 
Productivity Computing is from very reputable sources and no one there 
is engaged in hiding or slanting the facts.  Here is that link again:

http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/967146.html

Another different analysis from a reputable publication Ars Technica is 
here:

http://arstechnica.com/articles/columns/linux/linux-20061018.ars



Henry A. Leinhos wrote:
> Wikipedia to the rescue! 
>
> The CELL has one "Power Processor Element" ("PPE"), and several "Synergistic 
> Processing Elements" ("SPE").  While the PPE is "a two-way SMT multithreaded 
> Power 970 architecture compliant core", the SPEs are not, and would not run 
> PPC-based code.  The PPE would have to load each SPE with SPE-specific code 
> in a coprocessor fashion, so I would doubt that it would perform as a 8-way 
> SMP machine. 
>
> $0.02 
>
> Henry 
>   
>