Companies release Cell developer kit
By Rodrigo Chia on November 9, 2005 - 11:30 AM

IBM, Sony and Toshiba have released a software developer kit for the Cell processor containing more than 1,000 pages of documentation and extensions for optimizing Linux applications and other features. The Cell, set to appear in Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 3, is based on a 64-bit Power processor and has eight additional synergistic cores capable of massive floating point processing.

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