Toshiba’s Mitsuo Saito spills more details on the new cell processor
As announced in the CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) Japan, a cell chip developed by Toshiba, IBM, and Sony Computer Inc., similar to the cell processor of the upcoming next-gen console PS3, is now coming to mobile devices and cellphones. The cell processor is projected to be released next year.
Not much info has been announced about the new device aside from the fact that it will be manufactured using more advanced 65-nanometer production technology. A single chip of the new cell processor contains a main processor and eight sub-processors to unleash 200G Flops (floating point operations per second) of power.
Mitsuo Saito, one of the key creators of the chip from Toshiba’s semi-conductor company, said, “As the first application we are focused on the consumer electronics area such as media servers or something like that, but Cell itself is not restricted to that area.” Saito also added that Toshiba collaborated with IBM and Sony Computer Inc. to enhance the cell world. They are planing to have the same basis of software for each cell type. We are still waiting for the three companies to shed light on specific details of the cell chip but we promise to update you right away once new details surfaces so stay tuned!
Via Digital World
As announced in the CEATEC (Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies) Japan, a cell chip developed by Toshiba, IBM, and Sony Computer Inc., similar to the cell processor of the upcoming next-gen console PS3, is now coming to mobile devices and cellphones. The cell processor is projected to be released next year.
Not much info has been announced about the new device aside from the fact that it will be manufactured using more advanced 65-nanometer production technology. A single chip of the new cell processor contains a main processor and eight sub-processors to unleash 200G Flops (floating point operations per second) of power.
Mitsuo Saito, one of the key creators of the chip from Toshiba’s semi-conductor company, said, “As the first application we are focused on the consumer electronics area such as media servers or something like that, but Cell itself is not restricted to that area.” Saito also added that Toshiba collaborated with IBM and Sony Computer Inc. to enhance the cell world. They are planing to have the same basis of software for each cell type. We are still waiting for the three companies to shed light on specific details of the cell chip but we promise to update you right away once new details surfaces so stay tuned!
Via Digital World