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[maddog]

Thanks Alexander for the history on Cell Architecture and pre-knowledge on PS3. I want one!

Actually, aerospace has been using the Cell and Custom Cell architecture for about a decade. I was on
a project recently where we were getting computing power exceeding 1 TFLOP (Floating Pt. Operation)

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TFLOP = 1 Tera (Trillion) FLOPs in a surface area less than 1 sq Centimeter. In fact you can find more
information by doing a Google search using the string: "cell architecture" "data flow" (include quotes
for better search). We used Data Flow in our Cell concept. Though we did find routing problems
mapping FFT computation components in the Cell(s) and found utilization to be typically less than 33 %.
This made a requirement to always have more Cells than you think you need. Sorry I have no more
details as to be more specific would divulge company proprietary data.

Maddog