Article: ISSCC 2008 Cell Processor Update
By: Gabriele Svelto (gabriele.svelto.delete@this.gmail.com), February 27, 2008 2:30 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
end user (jl32980@yahoo.com) on 2/26/08 wrote:
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>Lower power, lower cost. All wonderful for Sony.
>
>Did IBM give an update on when a version that targets the general purpose market
>would come out, e.g with DDR2 and native double precision support. thanks.
The 65nm Cell for HPC installations already has a DDR2 controller and single-cycle throughput for double precision instructions on the SPEs, I'm not sure if it has already shipped or not however. I guess it should.
Gabriele
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>Lower power, lower cost. All wonderful for Sony.
>
>Did IBM give an update on when a version that targets the general purpose market
>would come out, e.g with DDR2 and native double precision support. thanks.
The 65nm Cell for HPC installations already has a DDR2 controller and single-cycle throughput for double precision instructions on the SPEs, I'm not sure if it has already shipped or not however. I guess it should.
Gabriele
