PS3 Cpu Vs todays cpus

[ShawnD1]

The PS3 cpu has one single?dual? Threaded core at similar frequency and the other "cores" aren't anything like a "core" in the traditional sense, they can only do maths.

Ummm.... math is the only thing a processor does.

 

[jhu]

Ummm.... math is the only thing a processor does.

Incorrect. Processors also fetch/store data from/to memory, move data from one memory location to another, etc.

 

[Chiropteran]

Incorrect. Processors also fetch/store data from/to memory, move data from one memory location to another, etc.

All of that is math, when you really break it down.

 

[jhu]

All of that is math, when you really break it down.

If you really want to be that specific, the only thing a processor does is move electrons around..

Honestly, moving data around data to different memory locations in a computer is not necessarily math. That's like saying that you do math because your neuronal synapses are secreting neurotransmitters.

 

[Arkaign]

 

[soccerballtux]

Ummm.... math is the only thing a processor does.

 

[ShawnD1]

Yo dog. I heard you like CPU cores, so I put two logical cores on your physical core so you can math while you math