IBM will unlock door to Cell

[NikolaX]

The three developers of the Cell processor are preparing to release full chip specifications and software libraries in an effort to rally the open-source community around the device that powers the Sony Playstation 3. With the outlook for the multicore chip's use beyond Sony's internal systems cloudy at best, the partners are hoping to spark its uptake in applications ranging from HDTVs to supercomputers.

http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=163106213

 

[NonStopableForce]

I want one.

-NSF

 

[Tr0n]

I hope it makes its' way to the pc.

 

[baron insig]

it will be ube expensive seeing as sony using economies of scale to get theres cheap a single domestic user would end up paying considerably more, answer to this

= buy a ps3 and tear it the hell apart

 

[Cole]

Yet to come is a full-fledged Linux implementation for the CPU.

Cell for linux?
hmm....