XBox 360 Specs Released [Triple Core @ 3.2Ghz each]

[osprey54]

I still cant get over that bit about the 1 teraflop of processing power. 150 of these things in parallel would make it the worlds fastest computer cluster.

Anyone else find this ridiculous?

 

[Blackheart]

I still cant get over that bit about the 1 teraflop of processing power. 150 of these things in parallel would make it the worlds fastest computer cluster.

Anyone else find this ridiculous?

Oh, I found their caveat to this claim. They're also counting the GPU in the overall system performance. I realized this when I saw the PS3 specs with the CPU @ 200 some-odd gigaflops and 1.8 teraflops from the GPU. The thing is, the GPU only processes specialized floating point calculations... otherwise, why would we even bother using CPUs. Seems at these specifications, the PS3 kicks the ass of even the 360.

 

[GFLPraxis]

Yup, that's the trick, you're right. Good catch.

GPU's vastly outperform CPU's at this point in time, but only in extremely specialized tasks. For those of you who don't know.

 

[AidenShaw]

Corollary....

Yup, that's the trick, you're right. Good catch.

GPU's vastly outperform CPU's at this point in time, but only in extremely specialized tasks. For those of you who don't know.

Game consoles vastly outperform PCs at this point in time, but only in extremely specialized tasks.

The Cell processor and the triple core PPC in the Xb360 are also specialized units built for gaming tasks. They're not general-purpose processors, and would not be able to use their theoretical peak power for general purpose tasks.