The powerful “Cell” microprocessor that fuels Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3 video game console will be available in IBM mainframe computers so those high-performance machines can run complex online games and virtual worlds.<\/p>\n
Jointly developed by IBM, Sony and Toshiba Corp., Cell is touted as a “supercomputer on a chip” because of its design, which includes one central processing unit helped by eight additional processors working on specific tasks.<\/p>\n
Because of that unusual architecture, Cell’s use outside of PlayStations has been limited to specialized hardware for graphics-intensive functions such as military or medical applications.<\/p>\n
Mainframes are big computers commonly used for transaction processing and other centralized tasks.<\/p>\n
Despite their old-fashioned reputation, IBM’s mainframe sales have been on an upswing. IBM has encouraged customers to perform a wider variety of computing functions on them since mainframes can run multiple processors and operating systems at once.<\/p>\n
Adding Cell chips to mainframes to make the machines into hubs for online gaming and simulations could bolster that strategy, analysts said.<\/p>\n
“It opens up some new potential frontiers,” said Charles King of Pund-IT Research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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