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		baq on Jan 17, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Many Core processors: Everything You Know (about P... that's done on the PS3 and i hear it isn't easy to write efficient programs for it.

rbanffy on Jan 17, 2012 [–]

Each SPE has a tiny amount of memory (256K, IIRC), severely limited connectivity to other SPEs and a downright cruel instruction set. A friendlier ISA and Transputer-like connectivity between the nodes would alleviate some of these problems.

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