College of Computing at Georgia Tech Hosts Workshop to Drive Innovation in Cell Broadband Engine Processor Research.Georgia Tech Leadership in Cell/B.E. Processor Research Includes Status as One of the First Universities to Receive IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) QS20 Blade Servers ATLANTA -- The College of Computing at Georgia Tech today announced it will host the Georgia Tech Cell Broadband Engine[TM] (Cell/B.E.) Processor Workshop from June 18-19, 2007, focusing on applications for the Cell/B.E. processor, including gaming, virtual reality, home entertainment, tools and programmability and high performance scientific and technical computing. The two-day workshop is sponsored by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI SCEI Sony Computer Entertainment, Incorporated SCEI Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. ), Toshiba and IBM and will be held at the Klaus Advanced Computing Building The Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computing Building is a three-story academic building at the Georgia Institute of Technology that houses a portion of its College of Computing, College of Engineering, and related programs. on Georgia Tech's campus. Keynote speakers at the event include Bijan Davari, IBM Fellow An IBM Fellow is an appointed position at IBM made by IBM’s CEO. Typically only 4 or 5 IBM Fellows are appointed each year, at the annual Corporate Technical Recognition Event (CTRE) event in May or June. and Vice President, Next Generation Computing Systems and Technology; Dominic Mallinson, Vice President, US Research and Development, SCEI and Yoshio Masubuchi, General Manager, Broadband System LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. Development Center, Toshiba's semiconductor company. More information on the workshop may be found at http://sti.cc.gatech.edu/. "We are very excited to be able to support the growth of this breakthrough technology by bringing some of the top minds in the industry together at Georgia Tech to stimulate discussion about the future of Cell/B.E. technology," said David A. Bader This article is about computer scientist. For Jewish writer and poet, see David M. Bader. David A. Bader (born May 4, 1969) is an Associate Professor and Executive Director of High-Performance Computing in the Georgia Tech College of Computing. , Associate Professor and Executive Director of High-Performance Computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. in the College of Computing at Georgia Tech. "The Cell/B.E. processor represents the future of computing using heterogeneous multi-core processors, and we are proud to help drive the continued advancement of computationally-intensive applications that will directly impact the global growth of our industry and evolution of our society." The revolutionary Cell/B.E. processor is a breakthrough design featuring a central processing core, based on IBM's industry leading Power Architecture[TM] technology, and eight synergistic processors. Cell/B.E. "supercharges" compute-intensive applications, offering fast performance for computer entertainment and handhelds, virtual-reality, wireless downloads, real-time video chat, interactive TV shows and other "image-hungry" computing environments. The processor was created through a collaboration of IBM, Sony Corporation, SCEI and Toshiba Corporation (company) Toshiba Corporation - A Japanese technology manufacturer with 364 subsidiaries worldwide. Toshiba makes and sells electronics for home, office, industry and health care including information and communication systems, electronic components, heavy electrical apparatus, (Toshiba). The College of Computing also announced today that it is one of the first universities to deploy the IBM BladeCenter The IBM BladeCenter is IBM's blade server architecture. History Originally introduced in 2002, based on engineering work started in 1999, the IBM BladeCenter was a relative late comer to the blade market. [R] QS20 Server for production use. The QS20 uses the same ground-breaking Cell/B.E. processor appearing in products such as Sony Computer Entertainment's PLAYSTATION[R]3 computer entertainment system, and Toshiba's Cell Reference Set, a development tool for Cell/B.E. applications. The Georgia Tech installation includes a cluster of 28 Cell/B.E. processors (14 blades) and supports the operation of Cell-optimized multi-core applications in areas such as digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. , gaming and entertainment, security, scientific and technical computing, biomedicine biomedicine /bio·med·i·cine/ (bi?o-med´i-sin) clinical medicine based on the principles of the natural sciences (biology, biochemistry, etc.).biomed´ical bi·o·med·i·cine n. 1. , and finance. Georgia Tech will grant users access on the cluster to test drive the Cell/B.E. processor and support independent software vendors (ISVs) that develop products and tools for the Cell/B.E. processor. The Georgia Tech Cell/B.E. processor installation will use Altair Engineering's PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, Professional job scheduling In a large computer, establishing a job queue to run a sequence of programs over any period of time such as a single shift, a full day, etc. software that increases the utilization of the IBM Blade Center[R] QS20. Directed by Bader, the STI STI systolic time intervals. Cell Center of Competence at Georgia Tech has a mission to grow the community of Cell/B.E. processor users and developers by performing research and service in support of the Cell/B.E. processor, and further enable students at the College to grow their skills and experience around Cell/B.E. technology to apply in future career opportunities. The Center will sponsor discussion forums and workshops, provide remote access to Cell/B.E. processor based blade hardware installed at Georgia Tech, create and disseminate software optimized for Cell/B.E. processor based systems, and perform research on the design of Cell/B.E. processor based systems, algorithms, and applications. A collaboration with SCEI, Toshiba and IBM supports the Center's activities and research efforts in support of broadening the Cell/B.E. processor's impact into multiple sectors and industries, including scientific computing, digital content creation, bioinformatics, finance, gaming and entertainment. About the College of Computing at Georgia Tech The College of Computing at Georgia Tech is a national leader in the research and creation of real-world computing breakthroughs that drive social and scientific progress. With its graduate program ranked 11th nationally by U.S. News and World Report, the College's unconventional approach to education is pioneering the new era of computing by expanding the horizons of traditional computer science students through interdisciplinary collaboration and a focus on human centered solutions. For more information about the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, its academic divisions and research centers, please visit www.cc.gatech.edu. IBM, BladeCenter, and Power Architecture are trademarks of IBM Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. PLAYSTATION is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. All other company/product names and service marks may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Cell Broadband Engine is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. See http://www.ibm.com/legal/copytrade.shtml. |
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