> I even neglected to notice that the Cell BE was an in order processor
> until we started to discuss it

Really? You mentioned that fact in what I think was your very first posting here on MorphZone:

https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=6218&forum=11

I'm not aware that we were in contact before that.

> ARM does have some features that hold it back (in order again, therefore
> zero branch prediction, etc).

Cortex-A9 and Cortex-A15 have out-of-order execution as well as speculative execution.