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RSS ibm cell in newsRoadrunner runs away with supercomputing prize
News The fastest supercomputer in the world - used to monitor the US nuclear weapons stockpile - is based on the IBM QS22 blades, which are built using advanced versions of the Cell processor in Sony's PlayStation 3. [19 Jun 2008]
IBM smashes the supercomputing petaflop
News Roadrunner runs on 6,948 dual-core AMD Opteron chips on IBM Model LS21 blade servers, and 12,960 Cell engines on IBM Model QS22 blade servers. Cell broadband engines, used in the Play Station 3 (PS3), work in conjunction with AMD x86 processors. [11 Jun 2008]
Beep beep! Move over for IBM's super Roadrunner
News IBM helped design and build the Cell chip and has been looking for ways to expand its commercial potential. The company is working on a computer nicknamed 'Roadrunner' that will combine Cell processors - a family of chips found inside the... [13 Nov 2007]
HP's inkjet tech seeks to replace hypodermic needles
News Among other deals, HP has licensed technology for improving cell phone cameras to Flextronics. Like IBM, Microsoft and others, HP is combing its patent portfolio for inventions it can license for royalties. [11 Sep 2007]
Google grabs PeakStream
News And ordinary computers can be spruced up with gaming chips such as the Cell Broadband Engine chip co-developed by IBM, Sony and Toshiba. IBM released a research project called Octopiler to try to make programming Cell easier, for example. [06 Jun 2007]
Lenovo joins the great laptop-battery recall
News The batteries were designed by Lenovo but Sony produced the lithium ion cell. Separately, Sony announced it will initiate its own recall programme involving battery packs using its battery cell technology. [29 Sep 2006]
Big Blue scores bid to build world's fastest PC
News IBM has won a bid to build a supercomputer called Roadrunner that will include not just conventional Opteron chips but also the Cell processor used in the Sony Playstation, silicon.com sister site CNET News.com has learned. [06 Sep 2006]
IBM building security into chips
News The company envisions its idea and technology will be used in digital media players, electronic organizers, cell phones, computers and devices used by the government, medical and financial services industry. [10 Apr 2006]
Torvalds issues new Linux kernel
News Linus Torvalds released a new Linux kernel on Monday that supports features in IBM's Cell processor, includes Oracle software for clustered databases and improves how the open source operating system runs on multiprocessor systems. [22 Mar 2006]
Sony slashes seven per cent of its global workforce
News The company's two business units will include its Core Component Business Unit, which oversees its production of its flash-based memory sticks, and its Semiconductor Business Unit, which includes its Cell microprocessor, which Sony co-developed... [22 Sep 2005]
Sony accused over chip infringement
News The electronics giant is in the midst of a joint effort with Toshiba and IBM to create the Cell processor, seen as the most likely candidate to power the next version of the PlayStation. Electronics giants Sony and Toshiba have been sued in a... [28 Oct 2003]
Sun protection may be on the way for Linux users
News A Sun representative said the programme, if executed, would likely apply only to Java 2 Micro Edition, Sun's version of Java for gadgets including cell phones and embedded devices such as electronic billboards. [11 Sep 2003]
IBM to help ‘baby boom’ generation use technology
News The braille keyboards available to visually impaired users a generation ago have evolved into hands-free technology, something that anyone who uses a cell phone while driving a car can appreciate. Eyeing the growing number of graying PC users, IBM... [13 Jun 2003]
Flash memory’s ‘midlife crisis’ boosts Magnetic RAM
News In MRAM, a tiny magnetic field is created inside a memory cell on a chip. The computer then measures the electrical resistance exhibited by the magnetic field at any given moment to determine whether the cell should be read as a "1" or a "0", the... [10 Jun 2003]
My word: IBM portal takes dictation
News That means you can access it with personal digital assistants (PDAs), cell phones and other devices. In an attempt to open its business portals to mobile phones, IBM has introduced software that enables its websites to take dictation. [29 Apr 2003]
