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0 pointstorginus3y ago0 comments

Still, nothing would've prevented IBM from using the Cell PPE as the basis for a PowerPC chip for the military, so that doesn't disprove the theory.

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I know that the Xenon was being simultaneously taped out with the Cell PPE, so it doesn't derive from another cell derived core.

The book "The Race for a New Game Machine" goes over the timing pretty well.

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0 pointstorginus3y ago0 comments

Still, nothing would've prevented IBM from using the Cell PPE as the basis for a PowerPC chip for the military, so that doesn't disprove the theory.

I know that the Xenon was being simultaneously taped out with the Cell PPE, so it doesn't derive from another cell derived core.

The book "The Race for a New Game Machine" goes over the timing pretty well.

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