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    Lol, Toshiba did what I was asking about :)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by wHo0p3r, May 18, 2009.

  1. wHo0p3r

    wHo0p3r Notebook Consultant

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    In a thread i started from before, wondering why they didn't have a cell processor instead of the normal processors, and people here was kind to tell me why it would be like a suicide for Windows (the RISC and CISC thing)
    here's the link : Cell and PhysX

    Now, the Toshiba Qosmio is coming out with the Cell processor :/
    Will it be good for gaming and so ? will it be better than high end laptops that have been out so far ?

    Toshiba Qosmio G55 is First Laptop With Cell Processor Aboard

    Toshiba Unveils Laptop With Cell-Derived Chip

    this is really wierd

    I am psychic =P
     
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    ajreynol Notebook Virtuoso

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    did you um...bother to check the DATES on the articles before posting?

    For your future reference, they'd added Cell to a laptop or 2 some time ago. It was used to help DVD/BD playback..
     
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  3. wHo0p3r

    wHo0p3r Notebook Consultant

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    oopsy >.<

    I didn't realize that it went back to 2008, I guess it's just because most of the people saying that it is not very practical to have a cell processor in a laptop.
     
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    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    it isn't. nothing's written for it, so no app will have support for it, except maybe some special stuff written for it like codecs. then again, any good notebook can playback all sort of fullhd nowadays (and even netbooks will so, soon). so no, it's not useful to have a cell processor in a laptop.

    it's overrated and overmythed anyways. it's a nice little chip, but not more.
     
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  5. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    You mentioned CISC and RISC
    which is which?

    What are AMD and Intel

    Thanks

    K-TRON
     
    K-TRON, May 18, 2009
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