The CELL Revisited @ Ars Technica

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David Wang of RWT has posted a lengthy followup to his previous article on the CELL processor. This new article contains more technical details, some of which were disclosed in a recent presentation at the Eleventh International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture. There are clarifications and new details about CELL's XDR Rambus-designed memory interface, its future use in rackmount servers, and other aspects of the design. After reading through David's article, you'll want to hit his final page to snag PDFs of the HPCA presentation paper and the slides.