[SniperFox]

Originally Posted by Death roW The xbox 360 uses exactly the same processor as the playstation 3, cept that has only 3 cores and the playstation 3 having 8 with one reserved for the default system os. Sony have said they know how to use it to properly make games using the max of its power. With some of their demonstration videos it looks amazing, now if only they teach game devs how to use it properly and encourage them to use all that space on a dual layered blu-ray disk and we could have some very, very impressive games to leave other games consoles in the dust

No. No it doesn't.

The Cell doesn't have cores, it has SPE's. Each one is basically a mini processor, and, depending on the developer, can be used to run separate tasks [Such as Physics, AI, and weather patterns.] [This is pretty much why people have said it's hard to develop for, AND why ports from the 360 to the PS3 have been poor.]

The 360's processor, however, does all the work by itself. It has 3 cores, but they aren't used to run things individually, they all do an equal part [IE: The 360's Cores all handle Physics, AI, and anything else.]

It works just like a PC's processor. Because, pretty much, it is.

[Death roW]

They are both IBM power-pc cells, i do believe.

[SniperFox]

Originally Posted by Death roW They are both IBM power-pc cells, i do believe.

The Xbox 360 processor is, the Cell, however, is not. It's it's own beast. [Again, that's why they say it's hard to develop for. It's an entirely new processor.]

The only similarities is that IBM has something to do with both.