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Capri306 · 09-23-2002, 12:13 AM

Well, have you guys read about "The Cell" chip that Intel, IBM, and Sony are working on? It's due for production in 2004-5, and it is reported to be operating in the single-digit TERAHERTZ range (like 1.8THz) or so!!!

I guess from what I read, they don't feel like waiting for Moore's Law (you know, processor speed doubling every 18 months), and the demand for faster processors in video game systems is very high. They're saying that video games in the near future will look like and be as smooth as the movie "Toy Story". The "cell" itself is supposedly about 16 chips integrated to operate as one somehow... Don't quote me on any of this, I just read it from somewhere, and I'm not someone to believe all that I read.

Okay, the "Budget" system I assembled a month ago for "schoolwork"

1. PC Chips mainboard, Click here to see the specs. Has an AMD Duron mounted to it from the factory
2. AMD Athlon XP 2000+ processor
3. DVD/CD-ROM...think it's a 48x, but it's fast whatever it is!
4. Micro-ATX case w/ 350W power supply
5. NVidia GeForce2 AGP video card (even though there's one built into the 'board).
6. Lucent 56k modem (oooooooh.......)
7. Floppy drive
8. Iomega ZIP 650 12x4x32 CD-RW/CD-R drive (cannibalized from my main living room machine)
9. There's a totaly of 3 fans in the machine: one on processor, one sucking, one blowing.
10. First HDD: Seagate 40GB 7200 RPM
11. Second HDD: Maxtor 60GB 7200 RPM
12. 256 MB of DDR
13. Then there's the $5 mouse, the $50 MS Office keyboard (this thing is a fReAk!), and the $125 17" flatscreen monitor.
14. Oh, and the network cable and switch to network this thing to my main living room computer.

I plan on adding more memory eventually (it'll handle up to 2GB worth of SDRAM or DDR), but for spending less than $500 on the system, I think I did pretty well. I just can't believe how stable it is! I'm running WinXP Pro, Office XP Pro w/ FrontPage, and MS Visual Studio w/ .NET framework. On my old Win98se system, the C++ compiler seemed to crash it about every other time I'd compile a program.

Can't believe how nice the .VOB~.AVI conversions are. Very stable!!! I used to belong to the Intel camp, as well. The support from AMD is outstanding comparatively!

Oh, and you Apple guys aren't allowed to post here.....

J/K!!!!

09-23-2002, 12:13 AM	#4
Capri306 Moderator Join Date: Sep 1998 Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Posts: 1,001	Well, have you guys read about "The Cell" chip that Intel, IBM, and Sony are working on? It's due for production in 2004-5, and it is reported to be operating in the single-digit TERAHERTZ range (like 1.8THz) or so!!! I guess from what I read, they don't feel like waiting for Moore's Law (you know, processor speed doubling every 18 months), and the demand for faster processors in video game systems is very high. They're saying that video games in the near future will look like and be as smooth as the movie "Toy Story". The "cell" itself is supposedly about 16 chips integrated to operate as one somehow... Don't quote me on any of this, I just read it from somewhere, and I'm not someone to believe all that I read. Okay, the "Budget" system I assembled a month ago for "schoolwork" 1. PC Chips mainboard, Click here to see the specs. Has an AMD Duron mounted to it from the factory 2. AMD Athlon XP 2000+ processor 3. DVD/CD-ROM...think it's a 48x, but it's fast whatever it is! 4. Micro-ATX case w/ 350W power supply 5. NVidia GeForce2 AGP video card (even though there's one built into the 'board). 6. Lucent 56k modem (oooooooh.......) 7. Floppy drive 8. Iomega ZIP 650 12x4x32 CD-RW/CD-R drive (cannibalized from my main living room machine) 9. There's a totaly of 3 fans in the machine: one on processor, one sucking, one blowing. 10. First HDD: Seagate 40GB 7200 RPM 11. Second HDD: Maxtor 60GB 7200 RPM 12. 256 MB of DDR 13. Then there's the $5 mouse, the $50 MS Office keyboard (this thing is a fReAk!), and the $125 17" flatscreen monitor. 14. Oh, and the network cable and switch to network this thing to my main living room computer. I plan on adding more memory eventually (it'll handle up to 2GB worth of SDRAM or DDR), but for spending less than $500 on the system, I think I did pretty well. I just can't believe how stable it is! I'm running WinXP Pro, Office XP Pro w/ FrontPage, and MS Visual Studio w/ .NET framework. On my old Win98se system, the C++ compiler seemed to crash it about every other time I'd compile a program. Can't believe how nice the .VOB~.AVI conversions are. Very stable!!! I used to belong to the Intel camp, as well. The support from AMD is outstanding comparatively! Oh, and you Apple guys aren't allowed to post here..... J/K!!!! __________________ Capri306, Moderator The Mustang Works Online 1979 Mercury Capri 1987 5.0L Mustang LX Notchback 1993 5.8L Eddie Bauer Bronco Last edited by Capri306; 09-23-2002 at 12:19 AM..