Is that right?or false?

Question

"In the future,IBM is going to develope a 16 SPE and a 32 SPE cell cpus,and we will stick to the multiples of 8 SPEs in the future to add more SPEs to the cell cpu,like 16 SPEs or 32 SPEs",this is a copy and paste from somewhere in this website:www.neogaf.com,is it true that there's plans for a cell cpu with 16 and 32 SPEs,or it is some sort of rumors?

Answer 1

I'm sure that is true, but you won't see them in the PS3. The cell processor is also used for very high end servers and computers used for complex calculations, so the PS3 isn't the only place the cell is utilized.

Putting these processors in the PS3 would make no sense anyway, since the games have to work for the older systems as well (the new processors would only ever have to work at a fraction of their power, so why even use them?). Having a 32 SPE processor would not be smart business either, since it would p**s off the old customers, and make the new PS3s much more expensive (people weren't even willing to pay the original $600). Sony doesn't make any money selling the consoles now, so making them more expensive to produce makes no sense.

Answer 2

That's pretty much the concept of Cell. If a machine needs more power, you add more PPEs, but if it needs little power (like in a car engine or calculator) you buy one with just one ot two PPEs. Doesn't have any bearing on the PS3, though, as no existing game would be able to use those extra PPEs (and no future game would be written to use them, for fear of the game not working on the old PS3s), so it would be a big waste of money to start putting bigger Cells in new PS3s.

Answer 3

It's natural for technologies to advance. New CPU? Very well, it won't be used in PS3, though. 8-core CPU is more than enough. Those new Cell CPUs will be used in some serious computers. Sony isn't going to stop the production and use new CPU, it's not necessary, too expensive, it'll ruin PS3 instead of making it better. Developer kits are based on 8-core Cells.