[ydl-gen] Terra Soft Unifies Power Ecosystem with YDL v5.0.2:Announcement 14 June 2007

[Derick Centeno]

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:18:37 -0400 (EDT)
"Dave B. Sharp" <daveb_sharp at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> I beleive from a Cell presentation I saw last fall
> that the PS3 runs processors with one defective SPE
> (seconds I guess to cut costs) which is why there are
> not 8 showing up at boot time. I am guessing that only
> an even number SPEs can be activated.
>    Dave
> 
Dear Dave:

I'm sure that all components of the Cell work perfectly.  However, a decision
was made to not allow certain elements of the Cell to be available under
guest OS's, which includes Linux. Debate and discussion continues whether this
will remain the case, but currently the situation remains as is.  Here's one
reference discussing this:

http://multimedia.cx/eggs/category/game-hacking/page/2/

I want to make clear that even with such a limitation or restriction in place
I've read of quite a bit of advanced computer processing and other scientific
research proceeding in spite of this and other limitations.  

Of course, not everyone has that level of expertise.  Perhaps events will
change so that such achievements or access to the Cell's full potential won't
remain either restrained or limited.

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reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, in
comparison with it, the highest intelligence of human beings
is an utterly insignificant reflection.  This feeling is the
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