Designed for the PlayStation 3, Sony, Toshiba and IBM's new "Cell processor" promises seemingly obscene computing capabilities for what will rapidly become a very low price.
by Jon "Hannibal" Stokes "I've been writing on CPU technology here at Ars for almost five years now, and during that time I've done my best to communicate computing concepts in as plain and accessible a manner as possible while still retaining some level
Introducing the (IBM/Sony/Toshiba) Cell Processor, "consists of a general-purpose POWERPC processor core connected to eight special-purpose DSP cores."
"Have you had the privilege of sitting on pins and needles with information that has the potential to revolutionize all genre of PC gaming" (to late see CELL)