When IBM launched its Cell processor was talk in quite positive terms about how this new type of CPU would revolutionize the market with its unique architecture. This is how the post could be said that the processor has made himself the most famous of the PlayStation 3, but which also ends the story. Now IBM has therefore decided to PowerXCell-8i does not have a further sequels.

In an interview with German Heise online confirmed IBM's vice-manager of Deep Computing, David Turek that the alleged sequel to last PowerXCell-8i will not get rid of. The reason for this is so clear that the processor has not received the motag market as hoped for. The question that even out-compete x86 processors in favor of the cell has more and more professional while also heard complaints that the PS3 is so difficult to encode to, just for its Cell processor.

One should not underestimate the significance Cell processor has had on the development of the industry, even if the CPU itself was not the success IBM had hoped. IBM announced that the technology developed for the Cell now passed on to other projects. Moreover, we can now see the development of one or more CPUs together with such as a GPU has been successful with both Intel and AMD in their respective Larrabee Fusion.