Yokemate of Keyboards
Posts: 4977 from 2009/1/28
From: Delaware, USA
Quote:
Andreas_Wolf wrote:
>> It's also used in [...] TV sets, video transcoding cards [...]
> the Toshiba SPE stand alone apps you seem to be referring to here did not make it to market.
I don't know what "Toshiba SPE stand alone apps" (SpursEngine?) *you* are referring to here, but I'm referring to the Toshiba REGZA series of TV sets incorporating full Cell B.E. chips:
http://www.google.com/search?q=site:toshiba.co.jp+regza+%22cell+broadband%22
http://medical.toshiba.com/about/pioneering-technology/ (see "2009")
Really? They actually offer to let me buy a Spurs engine development board.
That idea went no where (Spurs).
And at the price range the Regia lines serves, there won't be many of these sold.
They are not a main line consumer item.
IBM and its partners promised a range of applications and few materialized.
Although the Cell's design
is well suited to multimedia applications.
Then again, its reliance on XDR ram makes it quite impractical.
And the later derivatives that would have used more conventional memory are eol'd.
The Cell would appear to be a dead end.
"Never attribute to malice what can more readily explained by incompetence"
