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[gofreak]

http://blogs.itmedia.co.jp/honda/2005/06/5_df9a.html

Found by one @ Beyond3d:

Has a 2.4GHz Cell and an unreleased GPU with a slightly slower clock speed than RSX (overclocked G70?), connected via PCI-E (4-lane, only for test purposes).

The realtime E3 demos were running on this kit.

The software environment currently does not automatically split jobs up into threads (i wouldn't really expect that though, tbh?), but you can create your own threads, and choose from 3 different scheduling algorithms which the system will use to assign them to the SPEs automatically.

 

[Gattsu25]

It's so cut--damn that's pretty freaking large

 

[MbGCaM]

What the fuck!?

 

[Mashing]

What does a PS2 dev kit look like for comparision? I've seen mainframe computers smaller than that beast

 

[PhatSaqs]

Supercomputer indeed :lol

 

[AB 101]

How do we know this is not just some box with a bunch of shit inside it?

Fucking Huge! :lol

 

[ManDudeChild]

it can block out the sun....

 

[Gattsu25]

from another angle: link

 

[Wario64]

i hope it's powerful enough to play global thermonuclear war

 

[Shaheed79]

Whats that Bible doing up there? It better be King James rendition.

 

[gofreak]

Just for reference, the blog it comes from belongs to the guy who did the post-E3 Chatani (Sony CTO) interview for PC Watch Impress.

 

[AB 101]

from another angle: link

Now thats cool.

Shit, you would easily be able to clock the cell to damn near 5 GHZ with that baby.


I know its just a dev kit but Sony would for sure give the thing a bit of style.

 

[Ranger X]

Fucking huge but don't forget that this thing is supposed to render your mother or something.

 

[Tempy]

What does a PS2 dev kit look like for comparision? I've seen mainframe computers smaller than that beast

PS2 devkit next to PSP devkit

 

[sol5377]

Whats that Bible doing up there? It better be King James rendition.

developers are required to read a passage out of the bible and pray that the kit actually works because the cost of shipping that behemoth back to Sony for a replacement would put all but the wealthiest developers out of business

 

[Calidor]

Since the Cell isnt finished yet, that devkit is using a human brain inside

 

[DarienA]

Damn look at that thing... where do you load these?

 

[PlayStation Tree]

PS2 devkit next to PSP devkit

I wish my PS2 said "Tool" on the side.

 

[EGM92]

developers are required to read a passage out of the bible and pray that the kit actually works because the cost of shipping that behemoth back to Sony for a replacement would put all but the wealthiest developers out of business

:lol :lol


I was just hoping the Devkit would be more aesthetically pleasing

 

[neptunes]

what a beast

 

[Shaheed79]

developers are required to read a passage out of the bible and pray that the kit actually works because the cost of shipping that behemoth back to Sony for a replacement would put all but the wealthiest developers out of business

:lol

 

[Dilbert]

Since the Cell isnt finished yet, that devkit is using a human brain inside

:lol :lol :lol

 

[Smiles and Cries]

its just a dev kit so I can't hate on it... as long as I never have to see it and it never falls on my toe I can't hate

 

[Duck of Death]

good fucking god holy shit. i'm scared for humanity. skynet is upon us.

 

[Attack You]

NEWS JUST IN: All Major Japanese Developers Rreceive PS3 Devkits; Japan Sinks Into Ocean

 

[Tenacious-V]

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

Good lord that thing..... that thing...... :lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[Hyoushi]

"Look at the SIZE of that thing!"

 

[thorns]

"that's no moon..."

 

[aoi tsuki]

i hope it's powerful enough to play global thermonuclear war

Play? Just be glad the terrorists don't have one of those.

 

[neptunes]

Ahh so it's not final, but still...

I wonder what the final design will look like, if there ever is one.

 

[Borys]

That's big.

 

[Mermandala]

A Kutaragi is curled up inside every box. ^_^

Please him, he whispers advice through the vent. Anger him, he will come out and strangle a bitch.

 

[WHOAguitarninja]

from another angle: link.

They're putting cell in refrigerators now? Sony really is trying to put cell in everything.

 

[Doom_Bringer]

http://blogs.itmedia.co.jp/honda/2005/06/5_df9a.html
an unreleased GPU with a slightly slower clock speed than RSX (overclocked G70?), connected via PCI-E (4-lane, only for test purposes).

so much for the PS3 dev kits using 6800 SLI bullshit started by xbots.

 

[Jasoco]

Damn, I want a PS2 Dev kit.

 

[dorio]

Funny stuff guys! :lol

 

[gofreak]

so much for the PS3 dev kits using 6800 SLI bullshit started by xbots.

It probably was at some point. There are different versions out there..this looks like the one with the G70 in it, by the sounds of it. That they were able to hook Cell up to PCI lanes means 6800s in SLI were almost certainly being used before G70 was available..I'm sure many kits still have them.

Also, that article mentions again that RSX hasn't taped out yet.

 

[Tenacious-V]

"That's a huge bitch!"

 

[dorio]

so much for the PS3 dev kits using 6800 SLI bullshit started by xbots.

That wasn't started by xbots, that was mentioned in an article. So it looks like ps3 devs are working with close to final hardware. That should really make the 1st gen titles look good.

 

[Duck of Death]

"I AM THE ALPHA AND OMEGA,

THE BEGINNING AND THE ENDING,

WHO IS AND WHO WAS AND WHO IS TO COME. . .

THE ALMIGHTY LORD PS3 DEV KIT!

I AM A MACHINE FUELED BY OIL AND THE BLOOD OF FOREIGNERS!

I AM A TOOL FORGED WITH SILVER AND GOLD - OBEDIENT TO MY BUILDERS OF AFFLUENCE AND WEALTH!

I AM UNWAVERING! INCAPABLE OF FAULT! AND STEAD FAST IN PRINCIPLE AGAINST THE VOICES OF REASON!

I AM THE EMPIRE! I AM THE END!

I AM YOUR ALMIGHTY COMMANDER AND GOD!

I AM YOUR NEW AMERICA!"

Spoiler

As spoken by Voltron in the the Anti-Bush Video Game

 

[Flo_Evans]

there is something evil about it that makes me want one real bad^^

I can only imagine turning the beast off at night

"dave... what are you doing... stop it. stop it dave your hurting me..."

 

[Fixed2BeBroken]

Hello.

 

[sangreal]

The bible is there to keep the demon inside in check.

 

[akascream]

And somewhere, Deadmeat is giggling.

 

[newsguy]

so they used this dev kit in Batman Begins? Does it really evaporate all of the water in the city?

 

[C- Warrior]

Holy good mother of jesus orange juice!

Where the fuck are the cylinders?

PS: I pray for the developers sake that Sony provides those beasts free.

God damn.

 

[Razoric]

Since the Cell isnt finished yet, that devkit is using a human brain inside

oh my god

:lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[Nerevar]

wow, we got all the way to post #34 before we got the usual ignorant trolling in a next-gen thread. This must be some kind of record.

 

[Fafalada]

The early PS2 kits were really big too (and looked uglier in a retro-lots of leds with open insides- kinda way).

 

[AB 101]

Got a pic Faf?


(bet he has a ton of tech porn)