IBM has started selling the first computer based on its multicore Cell processor, targeting organizations that run compute-intensive tasks such as medical imaging or oil exploration. The Cell chip was ...

Everyone has heard that mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell. Well, the central processing unit (CPU) is the powerhouse of the computer. It's the brain, and without a CPU in your computer, ...

Using a Cell Broadband Engine processor and featuring a PCI Express x16 interface and an ATX form factor, the CAB accelerator board is said to deliver 180 GFLOPS of performance. It targets ...

Engineers at NEC have developed a processor for cellular telephones that includes three ARM processor cores in a single chip, a moved aimed at improving the multimedia capabilities of cell phones. The ...

The next generation of Mentor Graphics' optical-proximity correction (OPC) tool has arrived, bringing with it a number of innovations that result in improved simulation accuracy. The next generation ...

Toshiba’s new Regza ZF HDTVs don’t upscale your DVDs to HD resolution with any old chipset or engine: they do it with a Cell-processor based system. Bonkers! It’s the first TV to upscale with a Cell, ...