IBM is trying to prove that its powerful, multi-tasking Cell computer chip is not just about fun and games. The company, whose Cell chips will be incorporated into the next-generation PlayStation 3 from Cell collaborator Sony, announced this week a new family of blade computing systems — thin, lightweight servers that consolidate space while bumping up capacity — incorporating nine-core Cell processing power. The offering marks Big Blue’s first Cell-based product and brings to market the industry’s first multi-core blade server.
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IBM Lifts Lid on Cell-Powered Blade Servers
Posted by: Jay Lyman February 9, 2006 11:58 AMIBM is trying to prove that its powerful, multi-tasking Cell computer chip is not just about fun and games. The company, whose Cell chips will be incorporated into the next-generation PlayStation 3 from Cell collaborator Sony, announced this week a new family of blade computing systems — thin, lightweight servers that consolidate space while bumping up capacity — incorporating nine-core Cell processing power. The offering marks Big Blue’s first Cell-based product and brings to market the industry’s first multi-core blade server.