IBM, Sony Group and Toshiba have unveiled was has been described as a supercomputer on a chip; a 64-bit Power processor core with multiple satellite cores configured for massive floating point processing.
The chip, called Cell, is optimised for media applications, including computer entertainment, movies and other forms of digital content.
It is expected to be used in Sony's next-generation gaming platform, a successor to Playstation 2.
The processor is designed to be scalable and can be used in anything from small home devices running Windows CE to scientific applications requiring supercomputer-class power.
The Cell partners reckon a single one-rack Cell workstation could perform 16 thousand billion floating point operations a second (16 teraflops). This is approaching half the speed of the NEC Earth Simulator, one of the world's fastest supercomputers.
Pilot production at IBM's 300mm fabrication in New York State during the first half of 2005.
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Prototype integrates 234 million transistors and runs at 4GHz 08 Feb 2005
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