informed speculation on IBM's 'Broadway' processor

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IBM's PowerPC-based CPU called 'Broadway' for the Nintendo Revolution
is almost definitally going to be based on one of two designs: a.) the
PPE (PowerPC Processing Element ) that is used in Xenon/Waternoose
(Xbox 360's triple-core CPU) and Cell --
or b.) the PowerPC 970FX.


Ars Technica speculates in this article:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/hardware/revolution.ars

really worth reading. Hannibal thinks that Broadway (Revolution's CPU)
is going to be the best next-gen CPU for gameplay control code and will
have the largest L2 cache at 2 MB (Xbox 360 CPU has 1 MB of L2 and
PS3's Cell has half a MB (512K). that makes perfect sense--Gamecube's
Gekko CPU had the largest amount of L2 cache of any current-gen
console, 256K, compared to 128K in Xbox CPU and even less in PS2's
Emotion Engine. the Revolution's Broadway CPU is likely to have 1 or
2 PPE cores and would therefore be able to process 2 or 4 threads, but
would be more effecient and easier to use than either Xbox360's
tri-core Xenon CPU or PS3's Cell.
 
this is just a test. I am checking if i can start posting essages, but
the topic you are discussing is so interesting.
 
this is another test. Hope it works this time. I wondery why my
messages are not displayed?
 
this is another test. Hope it works this time. I wondery why my
messages are not displayed?
 
Computer Freak said:
this is another test. Hope it works this time. I wondery why my
messages are not displayed?
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They are. Some mailreaders and some mailservers are configured so you
don't see your own posts; the rest of us have seen at least three from
you.

It is customary to send test messages to alt.test, rather than
clogging three newsgroups with crossposted tests.
 
Computer Freak said:
this is another test. Hope it works this time. I wondery why my
messages are not displayed?
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Becuz u r n idiot too stupid to read usenet. Which group do you read,
moron?
 
They are. Some mailreaders and some mailservers are configured so you
don't see your own posts; the rest of us have seen at least three from
you.

It is customary to send test messages to alt.test, rather than
clogging three newsgroups with crossposted tests.
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Testing... testing...
 
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