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Where's the "PC" in "PPC"?

Where's the "PC" in "PPC"?

Posted Nov 17, 2005 20:41 UTC (Thu) by hazelsct (guest, #3659)
In reply to: Cross by ncm
Parent article: Cell Broadband Engine Software Development Kit Version 1.0

You're missing the point. The question was: why don't we have cheap low-power fast Cell-based PC hardware available? If we have to develop on a separate x86-based machine, then the PPC is doomed -- at least for free software devs like us, who are scratching our itches on the development machines!


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