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Supercomputer on a chip unveiled – Highly anticipated Cell microprocessor aims at Intel

February 7, 2005 /

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Setting up a battle for the future of computing, engineers from IBM, Sony and Toshiba unveiled details Monday of a microprocessor they claim has the muscle of a supercomputer and can power everything from video game consoles to business computers.

Devices built with the processor, code-named Cell, will compete directly with the PC chips that have powered most of the world’s personal computers for a quarter century.

Cell’s designers say their chip, built from the start with the burgeoning world of rich media and broadband networks in mind, can deliver 10 times the performance over today’s PC processors.

(Thanks to Alex Philp for passing this along- Russ)

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