IBM, Sony, and Toshiba have wrapped up the design for the inner workings of a mysterious new chip called "Cell."
The new multimedia processor called "Cell," touted as a "supercomputer on a chip," is well on the way to completion, IBM says. As previously reported, the chip could end up inside the PlayStation 3, and elements of its design are expected in future server chips from IBM.
The processor's design is still under wraps, but the companies say Cell's capabilities will allow it to deliver one trillion calculations per second (teraflop) or more of floating-point calculations. With integer math, it will have the ability to do more than 1 teraflop, roughly 100 times more than a single Pentium 4 chip running at 2.5GHz. For more info warp 2 ... Gamespot.
The new multimedia processor called "Cell," touted as a "supercomputer on a chip," is well on the way to completion, IBM says. As previously reported, the chip could end up inside the PlayStation 3, and elements of its design are expected in future server chips from IBM.
The processor's design is still under wraps, but the companies say Cell's capabilities will allow it to deliver one trillion calculations per second (teraflop) or more of floating-point calculations. With integer math, it will have the ability to do more than 1 teraflop, roughly 100 times more than a single Pentium 4 chip running at 2.5GHz. For more info warp 2 ... Gamespot.
