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So IBM is only getting 10-20% workable cell silicon on the eve of the deadline for sony to start manufacturing PS3.

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Take notes mike995.

Still playing my Dreamcast
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Sony shouldn’t have picked up this expensive useless CPU for their next game system.

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Sony shouldn’t have picked up this expensive useless CPU for their next game system.


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I wonder what kind of yields the Xbox360's Xeon processor gets. I would think they're much, much higher. But who knows...

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So IBM is only getting 10-20% workable cell silicon on the eve of the deadline for sony to start manufacturing PS3.



IBM sucks let them patent everything they still suck.

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Sony shouldn’t have picked up this expensive useless CPU for their next game system.



Cell is already in IBM blades. PS3 has 1 PPE and 7 SPEs. That maybe the most complex piece of electronics ever. It has already been reported as such.

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Sony shouldn’t have picked up this expensive useless CPU for their next game system.



Cell is already in IBM blades. PS3 has 1 PPE and 7 SPEs. That maybe the most complex piece of electronics ever. It has already been reported as such.

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Sony shouldn’t have picked up this expensive useless CPU for their next game system.



Cell is already in IBM blades. PS3 has 1 PPE and 7 SPEs. That maybe the most complex piece of electronics ever. It has already been reported as such.

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No They Aren't You ****** Idiot!




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That maybe the most complex piece of electronics ever



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That maybe the most complex piece of electronics ever



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**** Me You Are Thick!


I'm sure you would like that but only my skin is thick.

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Bill Gates is laughing his @$$ off by now.

Meanwhile... Sony is yelling "GODZILLA!!!" :lol:

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But how does one define complex?

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But how does one define complex?



Easy, Women.

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