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The Cell Processor

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Cell</strong> <strong>Processor</strong>In 2000, Sony, Toshiba andIBM formed an alliance todesign and build the nextgeneration in processors.


Current <strong>Processor</strong>s<strong>The</strong> current high grade processors available incomputers consist of many separate processingunits embedded onto 1 chip.


1.1 1.2 1.3Current multicore chips typically chop a singlecomputing task into parts, which aredistributed among processing units.


<strong>Cell</strong>'s processing units--called "software cells"--canhandle completely separate jobs.


<strong>Processor</strong> Speed = 294.912MHzMemory = 32MBGraphics <strong>Processor</strong> = 147.456MHzDisc Format = Single Layer DVD-ROM(Hold 4.7GB)


Playstation 3<strong>Processor</strong> =3.2GHz(But has successfully beenTested to run at clock speeds of 5.2GHz)Memory = 256 MB + 256 MB GraphicDisc Format = Blu-ray BD-ROM(Hold 25/50GB)


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