Microprocessor
| IBM PowerXCell™ 8i | |
| Number of Processors Chips | 1 |
| Processor Internal clock speed | 2.8GHz |
| Processor Memory interface speed | 800MHz |
| Processor I/O interface speed | 5.0GHz |
| PPU processors | 1 |
| SPU processors | 8 |
Main memory
| Memory | 4GB DDR2 DRAM |
| Channels | 2 |
| Data path | 16bytes per channel |
| Transfer rate | 800Mbps |
| Bandwidth | (Maximum,Total) 25.6GB/s (with 5-5-5 timings) |
| ECC | Yes |
Cell companion chip
| Type | IBM Southbridge DD3.0 |
| Transfer rate | 10GB/s at 2.5GHz (5GB/s each direction) |
I/O
| 1 x 16 PCI Express bus |
| 2 x 1 gigabit Ethernet |
Software
| Booting by IBM boot firmware |
| Network booting (Linux booting with no disk) |
| Official support OS : Yellow Dog Enterprise Linux 6.x (optional) |
SDK : Cell SDK for GigaAccel 180 (optional)
|
| Driver : PCIe driver compatible |
External Dimensions
| Length | 111mm |
| Width | 312mm |
Operating environments
| External temperature | 0 to 40ºC (32 to 104ºF) |
| Relative Humidity | 5 to 95% RH (non-condensing) |
| Altitude | -400 to 3000m |
Power consumption
| 150W |
Qualified Workstation
| Vendor | Model |
|---|---|
| Lenovo | ThinkStation S10 |
Verified Workstation
| Vendor | Model |
|---|---|
| IBM | IntelliStation Z Pro 9228 |
| HP | xw9400 |
| HP | xw8600 |
| Lenovo | ThinkStation D10 |