Efficient Computer's Electron E1 CPU – 100x more efficient than Arm?

Re:Efficient Computer's Electron E1 CPU – 100x more efficien... by djmips on Saturday July 26, 2025 @08:37AM (#44693667)

I'm thinking of the Sony Toshiba IBM Cell processor. In the end with experience you could deliver impressive performance and the lessons learned proved to be valuable on any multi core system. But everyone knows the reputation that the PS3 had and certainly in retrospect it was challenging to say the least.

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Re:Efficient Computer's Electron E1 CPU – 100x more efficien... by reactordev on Saturday July 26, 2025 @01:13PM (#44695556)

Nah, the issue with PS3 was everyone coming from a specific set of instructions and having, that, hard wired into their brains. Yes, the cell processor did things differently but it was us engineers who had to learn to think of a world beyond x86. This was a good thing. It let us learn. And when Arm came around, we were ready.

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Re:Efficient Computer's Electron E1 CPU – 100x more efficien... by djmips on Saturday July 26, 2025 @01:57PM (#44695856)

Very much agree. It was a positive experience.

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