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IBM Plans to Open the Cell Processor

Posted by Zonk on from the fantasy-and-microchips-shooting-from-the-hip dept.

morcheeba writes "According to an EETimes article, IBM is planning on releasing the full specifications and software libraries for the powerful processor that will be in the Playstation 3. The goal is to stimulate open-source development for other applications of the chip. The article doesn't mention if there will be some affordable development systems for all these programmers -- I'm hoping for a ps3 devkit." From the article: "IBM is eager to find other opportunities for Cell, but it's going to take a lot of software work...Going to the open-source community makes sense, because they could attract a lot of pretty smart programmers who could spin out software and applications for Cell."

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  1. Re:What I wonder... by lastchance_000 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    from the FA: The three developers of the Cell processor are preparing to release full chip specifications and software libraries
    Those being IBM, Toshiba, and Sony.

  2. Neat But... by 0kComputer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    How would someone go about acquiring a CELL chip and other hardware required to run it? Sounds like a pretty big investment for the casual OS programmer.

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