Information

X-bit Labs for mobile users! Do not forget that we are running a special version of X-bit Labs web-site for users of mobile and handheld devices: http://pda.xbitlabs.com. Check out our news and articles from smartphones and PDAs to be always updated on the latest computer and technology news.

News around the Web

An In-Depth Preview of the IBM’s Cell Processor Hits Web

Web-Site Analyses IBM’s Cell

by Yaroslav Lyssenko

[ 03/17/2005 | 03:01 PM ]

Next-generation microprocessors is not only focused to deliver extreme performance amid relatively low power consumption as well as enhanced security features, but is also build-around multi-core designs, which allow more efficient execution of capabilities like virtualization and drive a number of benefits for end-users. The Cell processor developed by IBM, Sony and Toshiba is among the first breed of consumer-oriented chips and definitely attracts a lot of interest, which AnandTech web-site has decided to address as in-depth as possible.

<%BANNER[article_nw]%>

“Cell is just as much of a multi-core processor as the upcoming multi-core CPUs from AMD and Intel, the only difference being that Cell’s architecture doesn’t have an entirely homogeneous set of cores. The Cell architecture debuted in a configuration of 9 independent cores: one PowerPC Processing Element (PPE) and eight Synergistic Processing Elements (SPEs). The PPE and SPEs are obviously different, but all eight SPEs are identical to one another,” AnandTech’s article begins.