Capabilities of a super computer on a single chip

Based on the “PowerXCell™ 8i” that offers approximately five times the double precision performance of the previous Cell/B.E. processor. It's available to speed up wide range of applications, from image processing to financial caluculation.

Ease of use

“GigaAccel 180” delivers the power of PowerXCell™ 8i simply by integrating it into PC workstations. It's perfect as the development machine prior to full-scale adoption of Cell/B.E. servers, because of its reasonable price and convenience of adoption.

Reduce hardware costs

Significantly reduces both hardware costs and operational costs compared to large scale clustering systems.

Flexibility

Letting software handle the formerly LSI dependent processes makes it easy to change to the specification, upgrade, and add new functions. Also it shaves development costs for producing specialized LSIs, while simultaneously attaining stability and high performance.