Cell will be used to power Sony's upcoming PlayStation 3, with the chip having a clock speed of more than 4GHz. A team of IBM, Sony Group and Toshiba engineers has collaborated on development of the Cell microprocessor, which is set to take on Intel's chip offerings for products aimed squarely at the digital home space.
The "supercomputer on a chip" incorporates advanced multi-processing technologies used in IBM's sophisticated servers, Sony Group's computer entertainment systems and Toshiba's advanced semiconductor technology.
Another advantage of Cell is to support multiple operating systems, such as conventional operating systems (including Linux), real-time operating systems for computer entertainment and consumer electronics applications as well as guest operating systems for specific applications, simultaneously.
