I know cell was made by Toshiba, Sony, and IBM but was the work done equally, or did one of them contribute more than the others. Who spent the most money on cell, and whose work was the most significant contribution to cell. I would think that it would be IBM, since the heart of cell is the IBM PowerPC.
Who is the biggest contributor to Cell
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Toshiba's hidden in there among software tools I believe, though with the press they get and give out, you wouldn't even know they were on the team. It's their contributions I'm most curious about.
I always felt IBM to be a little tepid in the earlier days of development - it's only in 2005 that I've gotten the feeling that they too are big Cell believers, and this mainly from interviews with project team members. I still wonder what the corporate higher-ups feel about it.
I always felt IBM to be a little tepid in the earlier days of development - it's only in 2005 that I've gotten the feeling that they too are big Cell believers, and this mainly from interviews with project team members. I still wonder what the corporate higher-ups feel about it.
Larry.
Yeah, that's true, Larry carved each and every transistors found in the Cell Processor.cthellis42 said:
The most impressive part is that, for this job, he only used a toothpick and a 5 pound of bubble gum! It was a 90nm toothpick, though.
Now, and more seriously, I'd say that, obviously, IBM is the biggest contributor of the Cell Project, from a technical and developement point of view, at least. The project was mainly funded by Sony, though.
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I wonder though what role Sony DID play, beyond being just the bankroller. This project was very important to Kutagari, both from a business standpoint and an emotional one, so I would almost not believe anything less than Sony 100% involvement and oversight - I hope sometime in the future we will get some sort of retrospective that tells us what each STI member brought to the table, when all is said and done.
From reports, IBM headed the development team, funded by Sony and Toshiba, thoug Sony moreso. I think Sony and Toshiba brought in media-processing theory and tech, working with IBM with requirements and expertise to determine how suitable one design or other would be.
I think Toshiba's influence was mainly in overall media cpapbility of the architecture, from what's said anyway. Anything else they've kept quiet about.
I think Toshiba's influence was mainly in overall media cpapbility of the architecture, from what's said anyway. Anything else they've kept quiet about.
Larry is world-reknowned for his quality IC!
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For the record, when I was working for IBM, management regularly talked about setting up some of the buildings for the "cellular project". I worked at IBM East Fishkill. Two summers at the 600 complex (silver building where the fabs are) and two summers in the 300 complex, where the ceramics are made. I heard this mostly from the ceramic side. The project team I was with in 600 was for another project.Shifty Geezer said:
So, I think Blue Gene was always gonna go ahead with or without Sony's involvement. But I think Kutaragi's interest moved it up the priority ladder though. PEACE.JF_Aidan_Pryde
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I think the key ingredient is Kuturagi. Without him PS3 would just use some regular Joe processor and the Cell project would never have begun.
