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> how annoying it was to synchronize between the SPEs and the PPE.

This is the kind of thing where library and OS support is essential. Developer ergonomics is not that hard to get right (because developers experience it) and yields immense benefits when it's done.

I see that today with GPUs where you need to concern yourself with moving data and setting pipelines up, and thinking about the peculiarities of that particular GPU.



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