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IBM's Radical Cell Processor

Posted by Zonk on from the those-wacky-chips dept.

Rouslan Solomakhin writes "Forbes has recently posted an article on IBM's new revolutionary Cell processor. Cell is going to enable PS3 developers to create movie-quality games with blazing-speed graphics. Applications in other areas are also considered." From the article: "Some techies say PlayStation 3, which may debut by midyear and could end up in 100 million homes in five years, will usher in the next microchip revolution. The Sony system owes its prowess to a microprocessor called Cell, which was cooked up by chip wizards at IBM (with help from Sony and Toshiba) at a cost of $400 million over five years."

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  1. IBM really needs to prove themselves by Vivek+Jishtu · · Score: 4, Funny

    With Apple no longer buying chips from them, they really need to prove themselves.

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    1. Re:IBM really needs to prove themselves by thatguywhoiam · · Score: 4, Funny
      *patpatpat*.. just lay your little head back down, don't you fret none... *patpatpat*

      The detail you seem to have missed is: those of us who have not taken to resting a Power5 server on our laps have managed to keep our balls.

      Seriously, a condescending server nerd is never a pretty sight. How's that working out for you?

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  2. Movie Like Games by sirstar · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, does this mean the PS3 will have more games based on movies?

  3. Radical cell? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Forbes has recently posted an article on IBM's new revolutionary Cell

    Damn, the enemy within. I can't believe they've infiltrated IBM. Is nowhere safe?

  4. um? by ikea5 · · Score: 3, Funny
    movie-quality games with blazing-speed graphics.

    I think I've heard of this line couple year back, sometime before or around PS2's lunch date possiblly.

  5. PS3 Un*x by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess we will be seeing Cell in servers at some point as well, though not as cheap as in a PS3.
    Sony probably won't want anyone to run Linux on the PS3, lest geeks start cranking out PS3 server farms, but hopefully Sony will leave enough backdoors so can we can see the PS3 run Linux (or FreeBSD, or some beta OpenSolaris distro). Knoppix running on the PS3 just about removes the need for a home computer.

    Hopefully Sony will create such a backdoor. I mean if they can screw up with a rootkit...
    *ducks*

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