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

[Kai Staats]

Derick,

> 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/

6 of the 8 SPUs are intentionally made available by Sony. This is, as was 
stated earlier, likely due to the need for high volume runs vs yield. Not 
insider info, just best industry guess.

kai