Leaving aside the '...finally tips up...'.

This is something that IBM/Sony/Toshiba said they wanted to happen even back int 2002. They expected to see the Cell arch used for embedded devices. So, good for them. Why they waited until Intel was taking a run at the embedded market I do not understand.

Also, a 10-20w 4 SPE Cell at 1.5 GHz would make a very nice and quiet if unusual PC running (you guessed it) linux. I'd buy one.

The Cell Processor has been available in the IBM Bladecenter QS20 and QS21 since 29 September, 2006. So, old news.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but at 20W that sounds like an awesome processor.

I thought the cell was going to be a flop, ultimately.

10 - 20 W is a far cry from the 300+ W that a PS3 uses, and this new cell iteration has 4 cores?

I'm interested.

Perhaps it will be Toshiba that takes the charge against Intel. Obviously AMD ain't gonna do it.

When I want to laught I come in to check the news.

http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2003/01/07/playstation3-architecture-revealed
http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2005/02/07/sony-and-ibm-cell-technology-emerges
http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2005/08/29/ibm-sony-cell-processing-details-disclosed
http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2004/11/29/ibm-sony-firm-up-playstation-cell-chip-plans

You guys might want to start something else than being just pseudo-jounalist...

lololol

The Cell CPU has a single PPU and 8 SPUs. The PS3 Cell disables an SPU so that the yields are higher in production. This SpursEngine has 4 SPUs and some custom logic around it. 

It's a good reuse of a hardware component, and I guess that people with SPU experience will not be rare as an honest politician because of the PS3, so it can be developed for.