I have not even looked at the specifications for the cell processor, but from general reading I have the impression that what it is really fast at is computing with 32-bit floating_point numbers. Doesn't GIMPS need to use larger numbers than that? [I believe computation with longer floating_point numbers is much slower on today's cell processor.]
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