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Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday November 27, 2005 @02:34AM from the wish-my-brain-had-nine-cores dept.

An anonymous reader writes "IBM DeveloperWorks is running a paper from the MPR Fall Processor Forum 2005 explores programming models for the Cell Broadband Engine (CBE) Processor, from the simple to the progressively more advanced. With nine cores on a single die, programming for the CBE is like programming for no processor you've ever met before."

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Re:New Me (Score:5, Funny)

by NanoGator ( 522640 ) writes: on Sunday November 27, 2005 @02:44AM (#14122578) Homepage Journal

"I just want to draw a flowchart and have the compiler and realtime scheduler distribute processes and data among the hardware resources. If we are getting a new architecture and new "programming models", and therefore new compilers and kernels, how about a new IDE paradigm."

Bingo, sir.

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20 core die (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday November 27, 2005 @02:56AM (#14122633)

Amazing progress. So with 20 cores on a single die, we can play D&D in real time?
It's Saturday night and I'm all alone here, cut me some slack...

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Oh baby! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday November 27, 2005 @03:22AM (#14122719)

Damn, nothing gets me fired up on a Saturday night like the thought of a nine way!

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yea but (Score:2, Funny)

by rrosales ( 847375 ) writes: on Sunday November 27, 2005 @03:23AM (#14122722)

can it do infinite loops in 5 seconds?

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Re:Blowjob (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday November 27, 2005 @05:18AM (#14122972)

Did you really have to give us details of the fun you are having with your dog?

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