Yes. The blame correctly lies on the processor architecture. Assume you have a developer who is one of the best in the world at writing hyper-optimized SPU cod

Yes. The blame correctly lies on the processor architecture. Assume you have a developer who is one of the best in the world at writing hyper-optimized SPU code. Imagine this dev WANTS to write micro-optimized assembly. (And there are many such devs). This developer's time would far more efficiently spent if they were writing "normal" code for a "normal" processor. So yeah. The criticism belongs squarely on the processor. :)