"We're very much aware of the need to balance between innovation in architecture and the ability to leverage that innovation," H. Peter Hofstee, a researcher in IBM's Systems and Technology division, said during a break at an IBM press event here. "The learning curve for this platform should be significantly better than previous ones."
SAN FRANCISCO--The "Cell" processor that will power the next version of the PlayStation game console will also be adaptable for advanced scientific research, but you won't have to be a rocket scientist to program it.
Besides workstations, game machines and TV sets, Cell is also likely to power certain types of scientific supercomputers, streaming media servers and image analysis systems, all of which have continually expanding needs for processing power. Hofstee said Cell taps into an emerging "convergence between what we think of as supercomputing and what we use in the entertainment space."
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SAN FRANCISCO--The "Cell" processor that will power the next version of the PlayStation game console will also be adaptable for advanced scientific research, but you won't have to be a rocket scientist to program it.
Besides workstations, game machines and TV sets, Cell is also likely to power certain types of scientific supercomputers, streaming media servers and image analysis systems, all of which have continually expanding needs for processing power. Hofstee said Cell taps into an emerging "convergence between what we think of as supercomputing and what we use in the entertainment space."
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