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“The Cell Broadband Engine (Cell/B.E.) processor has
attracted a lot of fashionable attention for applications involving
game playing and network data processing. However, there are many
other, arguably more entertaining uses for this technology. This
article shows you how to take the Cell Broadband Engine (Cell/B.E.)
processor from an off-the-shelf Sony PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3) and use it
to construct a piece of Linux-based laboratory equipment to
generate and analyze signals on your Cell/B.E.-based spectrum
analyzer.”