IBM launches Cell Based Blade Servers

[balamw]

IBM launches business computers based on game chip

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060208/tc_nm/ibm_servers_dc

I guess the PPC architecture is still good for something besides gaming.

Discuss.

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[howesey]

It's not a game console CPU. It just happens to be in the new PS3. It's like saying the PPC is a game console CPU as it is in the new Nintendo consoles. Grr.

 

[balamw]

It's not a game console CPU. It just happens to be in the new PS3. It's like saying the PPC is a game console CPU as it is in the new Nintendo consoles. Grr.

That's why I didn't use the Reuters headline.

There have been many who have said that the Cell processor is not well suited to general purpose computing, but a blade server isn't quite as general purpose as a desktop.

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