please, not just you but EVERYONEMegacherv said:
STOP BELIEVING SONYS MARKETING BULLSHIT!
first off, they are spu's (synegetic processing unit, also called spe's), NOT cores. each spu DOES NOT have the the same processing power as a traditional processing core. even when they are programed for to be used in their most efficient way each individual one is not as powerful.
second, cell is an in-order execution processor, which is why it runs at 3.2 ghz, if it were out-of-order execution it would run at a much higher speeds, but would be much more powerful. it isnt comparable to standard pc processors because of this reason.
third, each processor only has 7 functional spu's to improve yields, or how many processors on each silicon wafer come out functional, and another one is ALWAYS reserved for the system.
finally, with how cell works (spu's have to be chained together for each task) you not only decrease its overall performance but you have FEWER spu's to use as graphics processors.
oh, and one other thing, cell CANNOT be used for any meaningful graphics work. that has only been done is tech demos, demos that have had NOTHING else being done other than the graphics being done, but in the real world where physics, ai, collission detection among other things that have to be handled by the processor it becomes much less possible to do.
but other than that your right, emulating one archiecture on a completly different one is what makes emulation so hardware intensive. that being said however, the pcsx2 team is full of people who have lives, jobs and families, they do this in their spare time, and they dont have the technical resources that sony engineers who get paid gobs of money to sit down for 8+ hours a day 5+ days a week have. it would be much easier for to sony to make an emulator that a few people who do it in their spare time. if i had to wager id say that sony already has one but are just waiting for ps2 sales to tank before releasing it.
