http://aaron-ong.com/what-happened-to-plans-to-use-the-cell-cpu-in-desktops/ Aaron Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:55:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://aaron-ong.com/what-happened-to-plans-to-use-the-cell-cpu-in-desktops/comment-page-1/#comment-13670 Smartphone Software Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:15:21 +0000 http://aaron-ong.com/what-happened-to-plans-to-use-the-cell-cpu-in-desktops/#comment-13670 The reason why using a Cell CPU in a desktop machine is a non-starter? It won't work with Windows. And Windows is the OS most personal computer games are written for. Remember Cell is not an x86-compatible CPU. You can probably run Linux on Cell, but Linux isn't exactly popular for games. The reason why using a Cell CPU in a desktop machine is a non-starter?
It won’t work with Windows. And Windows is the OS most personal computer games are written for. Remember Cell is not an x86-compatible CPU.
You can probably run Linux on Cell, but Linux isn’t exactly popular for games.

]]>