Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Sony develops new Cell-based computer architecture
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> | The same components are part of the Playstation 3 game console. However,
> | according to Sony the elements that will form part of the new computer
> | platform will be a lot more powerful. At the event in San Diego Sony
> | intends to demonstrate the performance of the architecture by having the
> | system process images with a 4K (4096 × 2160 pixels, according DCI
> | specifications) resolution in real time.
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> http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/93801/from/rss09
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> This whole work on the PS3 could lead to great advances in Linux HPC.
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> Related:
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> PS3 Real-time Ray-tracing
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> | IBM Interactive Ray-tracer (iRT) using three Sony Playstation3s (PS3)
> | to render a model that is 75x more complex then those used in
> | today's games.
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> http://www.n4g.com/ps3/NewsCom-33982.aspx
I can't wait till the Cell trickles down to us normal users... Imagine a 4
core Cell running your desktop/server in the home. Windopes can only
dream...
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Jerry McBride
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