Book covers creation of PS3's Cell processor, how Microsoft cribbed it for Xbox

"Built around the core" is extremely misleading.

Both the Xenon and Cell are built around the POWER core. And it was created over a decade before both of them.

There was no cribbing between game companies involved.

Whats the point of all this? I mean seriously they are still different processors no matter which way you look at them. Its not like nintendo gave birth the playstation....oh wait a minute..it did!!!

Oh get off M$ hairy beanbag!! You act like they're the only company that dishes out dirt and doesn't play fair! Y'all sound like big babies. What about sony who pushed blu-ray and slapped the "popular" playstation logo over a blu-ray player that just so happens to play games?? What about early commercials that showcased movies instead of games?? Get over it... sony shoved blu-ray down y'all friggin' throats... Y'all so brainwashed over sony and the ps brand, it makes me sick!

this is the type of post joystiq should randomly choose a poster to win a prize from

So the PS3 gave birth to a retard
IBM and Sony should have gotten an abortion

NINTENDO GAVE BIRTH TO THE PLAYSTATION WHICH GAVE BIRTH TO THE 360.....what a happy family we have here

the thing is here, fud or not... the Wii isnt compeating against the ps3 or 360. it is in its own market, aimed souly at "people who dont really play games" which is proven in its piss poor software sales (where the only 5 things sold for it are mario kart, mario galaxy, wii sport, wii play and wii fit, and not everyone has all of those, 1 or 2 at the most).
the 360 and the ps3 are who are in competition with each other, as they both aim at the hardcore gamer and both use their own techniques to sell their console. microsoft use the playability factor (when the console isnt flashing more lights than blackpool iluminations) and sony use the "it says sony, and playstation on it" factor (so, people who bought a psx and ps2 who havnt gone to microsoft, and have more pound notes than cells in their body). both have good games (both have the same games really) and each has their own exclusives that the head of the respective departments at each company would rather have their nadgers eaten by parrana than allow a port to another console.
so with all that considered, it doesnt matter who has the better hardware, whatever console you bought, you will see as the best, since its human nature now to justify to your self why you just spent all that money on something you dont really NEED.

Funny as hell watching the masses argue about CPU specs like they are all pros.

Hey, guess what, the Ford Model T has 4 wheels, an engine, an exhaust system, and windows. Gee, I guess a 2009 Dodge Viper is based off of it huh.

99.99% of all new technology coming out is based in some way on previous technology. The way that the Cell and the Xenon handle memory, algorithms, and calculations is vastly different. The wiki articles for both are a good read, and I think Cnet has a few articles on it too. techreport.com has a few as well if I recall correctly.

Some of the facts are that

*The PS3 has sold better than the 360 in the same time in theor lifespans.

* MS and Sony have lost and will continue to lose money on hardware

* The Wii is the king of this generation

* MS having sold more consoles than the PS3 (see * 1) does not mean it has performed better

* None of this matters anyway because people choose to pull things out fo their ass rather than listening to actual facts and even with evidence in their face they will still be in denial

* NINTENDO IS THE WINNER. THE WII IS A VIDEOGAME CONSOLE. IF YOU CHOOSE TO CONVINCE YOURSELF OF MS SELECTIVE STATISTICS THAT IT IS NOT COMPETING WITH NINTENDO YOU ARE AN IDIOT SHEEP.

That Is All!

This is just dumb. PowerPC has been IBM's baby for years. So they used it as the basis for the Cell. MS using PowerPC it as the CPU for the X360 has almost zero to do with the PS3 CPU, more to do with cost, performance and power consumption.

The XBox 360's 3 PowerPC cores are fairly generic beasts (which is what makes them easy to program for), while Sony's Cells have the SPEs which make them the floating point monsters they are. This is as dumb as claiming both consoles are Macintoshes since those used to use PowerPC.

Wow Sony should use some of these trolls as spin doctors.

@Bigfat
Of course i was comparing the improvements over dvd since the winner of the format wars was the bluray hence the successor to dvd. As far i know about HD-DVD the maximum capacity it has is about 50gigs where bluray has gone more than 200gigs. Plus its not that expensive anymore since the adoption rate is quite high and pretty soon it would just be as affordable as a regular movie dvd. The only expensive blurays are for gaming and eveyone knows whatever format you have as long as it is a new game it will be expensive.

WOW. I love how people think the PS3 is the only thing that uses the cell. Today's supercomputers don't use them at all.

Can You Believe this Shit.... How Funny. Sony got screwed. M$ made out well, and Nintendo is kicking the crap out of them both. Funny how this Console Generation has turned out. But damm you got to feel sorry for Sony.....IBM is a Slut!!!! LOL!!!

I still don't understand why they even bother to still compare the Wii the the 360/PS3....not only are the demographics different for the machines but also the application of the consoles.

Yes the Wii has hardware #s but of all the Wii owners I know.....none of them have gone out to buy another game beyond Wii Sports. Maybe Wii PLAY because they get the extra controller.