In response to the latest Busting a myth...

Ok...so you are saying that devs have completely unlocked the Cells power just because there has been no significant change in performace in a year?...Ok look at this...an Example of how to make a Fibonacci sequence using and SPE offload...for the cell you generally process by SPE...

The Fibonacci sequence is the relation of numbers in which two starting values, each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers. All programs have a type of variation of this sequence to create a loop. Of course the sequence will dump, or repeat after some point.

(read Fibonacci Sequence Wiki for more details on the Fib Sequence)

How the SPE offload works is that one to six threads are created at a time so that work is offloaded to all available SPEs by the testThread() function. Upon completion of a set of six threads, the next set of SPE offload threads are begun. This continues until all threads have been executed on the SPEs. The Linux gettimeofday() function is called to time this segment of code, including completion time for all SPE threads started.

EXAMPLE START:

This is only 2 Subs of the program. I know for sure if I ask my future proffesor at my college, he'll concure that creating the Fib Seq. in regular Java OR C++ would be alot easier because they don't use SPEs and due to the use of sequential iterations.

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YAY EDIT NUMBER 1 TO ANSWER A FEW COMMENTS!!!

This code alone does nothing, like I said it has lots of sub routines. In the main it would be set up so after each execution of the code it would have a performance check, to make sure it isn't over calculating (which would cause an overload)

To further explain what is going on at the very top it of course defines what are integers, whole numbers (int), and long, numbers including decimals (long). [to speed things up since this post is taking long] It calls some data from a sub (if the ID tag = 0) and then calls the Fib sub so it then does the process making sure it meets certain crudentials.

Most games don't use C++ or C# as one stated, BUT in order to create the engine, those languages are used.

You posted something complicated for the sake of sounding complicated and so that noone will challenge you. Pretty pathetic.manningbowl135

Oh...and if you didn't get what I was trying to say...all that code is just showing that the Cell isn't easy to program for, so expect much better games in the future once devs know what they are doing..

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Apology accepted.

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dude nobody knows what your talking about your wasting your time.

I don't mind code, seeing as how I'm a developer myself, but in all honesty I don't think you're targeting the right audience on this forum for the content you're attempting to put out.-RPGamer-

Just asking. (By the way)

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I'm sorry it didn't interest you?

Apology accepted.

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"]I don't mind code, seeing as how I'm a developer myself, but in all honesty I don't think you're targeting the right audience on this forum for the content you're attempting to put out.Forza_2

Just asking. (By the way)

Sorry, I guess around here I should be more clear. I've only developed one actual game with my company I created with three friends (albeit sadly we had to stop working on games, we just don't have the time with familes/careers/etc.). We may start again after we establish our lives (have children, build houses as examples).

However, I also develop for a large insurance company. And do side projects at home for my own personal gain and/or for familiy/friends.

I don't mind code, seeing as how I'm a developer myself, but in all honesty I don't think you're targeting the right audience on this forum for the content you're attempting to put out.-RPGamer-

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"]I don't mind code, seeing as how I'm a developer myself, but in all honesty I don't think you're targeting the right audience on this forum for the content you're attempting to put out.zero_snake99

[QUOTE="-RPGamer-"]I don't mind code, seeing as how I'm a developer myself, but in all honesty I don't think you're targeting the right audience on this forum for the content you're attempting to put out.zero_snake99

I don't think they lack comprehension of the subject matter, it's that not all have interest or have bothered to look into the content to any extent. It's like a black box concept. Some care what's in the black box, how it works and what it can do for you. Others just want to use it not caring about it's mechanics, or architecture.

The lower level you go the less likely some one will care, especially in programming where the output on such scales can be vastly different.

In my humble opinion it has little to do with age or intelligence, and more to do with content and interest.

You're a senior in high school who has a professor? Also, you have to imagine that not all schools have advanced programming. Even if most do now, they certainly didn't in 1998 when I graduated.It's also not a class I took in college. However, if you want to talk about Macro-economics, I'm right there.rhaigun

crap no one cares aboutzero_snake99

tl;dr Keep in mind this is System Wars, not scientistcon 08.

[QUOTE="rhaigun"]You're a senior in high school who has a professor? Also, you have to imagine that not all schools have advanced programming. Even if most do now, they certainly didn't in 1998 when I graduated.It's also not a class I took in college. However, if you want to talk about Macro-economics, I'm right there.Medjai

And, yes, computer lab did suck in the '90's. I did get to play a lot of "Streets of Sim City" though. It was a better decade by and large though.