August 25, 2005 ---SCEI, Sony, Toshiba and IBM today announced that today released to the public key documents describing fresh technical details of the revolutionary Cell Broadband Engine architecture.
Today's announcement is the next major milestone in the Cell project, which began with the formation of the STI (SCEI, Sony, Toshiba and IBM) Cell Design Center in Austin, Texas in March of 2001. Technical specifications were released in much anticipated papers delivered at San Francisco's International Solid State Circuit Conference (ISSCC) in February, 2005.
By opening up a wide set of technical specifications to software developers, business partners, academic and research organizations, and potential customers, SCEI, Sony, Toshiba and IBM continue their work to aggressively stimulate the creation of Cell-based applications. The goal: establish a thriving community of interest and innovation around Cell, allowing all interested parties to rapidly evaluate and utilize Cell technology.
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Dr. H. Peter Hofstee, chief architect of the Cell Synergistic Processor and Cell chief scientist, explains a bit more about Cell at the IBM website. Some interesting links to resources on that page, including the aforementioned Cell documentation.