[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for this link. ]
“There has been far more speculation than actual details of the
Cell chip–a next-generation computer processor being developed
jointly by IBM, Sony, and Toshiba. However, beyond the general
information on the chip’s architecture, capabilities and potential
applications revealed last month, the publication of more about
Cell on the Power.org site leads one close observer of the
technology, Jim Trounson, to predict IBM will open source it.“Trounson, who is among a group from industry, academics, and
finance forming Cell Industries, contends that the increased amount
of information on Cell appearing on Power.org forecasts IBM’s
course for Cell…”