PS3's Cell Broadband Engine helping in medical imaging advancements
We know that you are already proud of the Cell Broadband Engine that can be found in PlayStation 3 units. Aside from providing you with the most exciting gameplay experience, the chip is also...
View ArticleSony to reveal smaller, more efficient Cell processor at ISSCC 2008
Less means more. This is the statement that Sony aims to prove true when the company revealed that it will be featuring its new 45 nm Cell processor at the upcoming International Solid State Circuits...
View ArticleISSCC 2008: IBM announces plans for 45nm CELL BE
We all knew that Big Blue would come through some day. As Intel preps it's new Penryn 45nm processors for the personal computer market, IBM also takes a stroll down the same reduced die package lane....
View ArticleConsoles extending their reach into the sciences
As consoles get more powerful, they break the boundaries of what they were originally designed for. While they were only limited to games before, they are now lending their power for use in the...
View ArticleU.S. Air Force wants 300 PS3 units for cell processor research
The United States Air Force is conducting a technology assessment of cell processors, and it has been decided that the most attractive offer in the market will be employed - that is, of course, the...
View ArticlePlayStation 3 Cell Chip used to make fastest supercomputer again
Meep meep. The PlayStation 3's powerful hardware does it again, contributing its powerful Cell Broadband Engine to create the world's fastest supercomputer, er... again. Named the Roadrunner, this new...
View ArticlePlayStation 3 65nm RSX Graphics Chip to arrive this Autumn
Since late last year, all PlayStation3 units coming off the manufacturing line sport the more efficient 65nm Cell chip. Now Kazuo Hirai himself has confirmed that by this Fall, the RSX graphics chip...
View ArticlePS3 Cell-powered Roadrunner rated king in Top 500 Supercomputers list
For the second time running (no pun intended), the Department of Energy's Cell-powered Roadrunner system has once again claimed the top spot in the Top 500 Supercomputers list. Oh, you'd think the...
View ArticlePatent spotted: Emotion Engine emulation for cell processors
For those who don't know, the Emotion Engine is the chip that Sony designed which acts as the PS2 CPU. The non-backwards compatible PS3s do not have one of these, hence, no PS2 games. According to the...
View ArticleSony cracking the Graphics Synthesizer problem
Following yesterday's report that a Sony patent was spotted, pointing to a purely software-based solution to the PS2 emulation issue, TheSixthAxis reports that the PS2 emulation issue isn't due to the...
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