The BBC write on their website about the Cell processor for the Playstation 3.

They get off to a good start by stating it will run 10 times faster than current PC chips, and later they explain this is possible by the architecture of multi-core chip.

However, bang in the middle of the article they state that “the chip will run at speeds of greater than 4 GHz… By comparison, rival chip maker Intel’s fastest processor runs at 3.8 GHz.”

Once again, everyone appears to get caught up in the clock speed of the chip. The comparison is irrelevant.

How many times do we have to read this crap before some intelligent knowledgeable editor starts putting an end to this myth. There must be one somewhere in the world’s mainstream press!