[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

fyi

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

IBM officials declined to discuss what its partnership with Sony might mean to its relationship with Microsoft Corp., which recently said it would use IBM chips in its next-generation Xbox gaming system.

The new Cell chips can support virtually every type of operating system, IBM claims. They also can be virtually linked to other Cell chips, increasing their performance potential even more.

The new chips are also unique in that they can have up to nine "cores," or processing units, allowing them to handle up to 10 different software operations at the same time.

[RadioAstronomer]

I have been waiting for this chip. :-)

Thanks for the ping.