IBM's Cell/Quasar: gaming & more....
saw this highlighted in David Kirkpatrick's March 2, 2006 "Fast Forward" tech column on CNNMoney(new online home of FORTUNE):
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...Computers based on Cell can render into visual form massive amounts of data in real time. IBM believes that in the future, computer interfaces will be highly visual, perhaps giving users the feeling that they are "inside" the data. For example, a doctor might swoop through a heart on screen with tremendous clarity and accuracy, making new kinds of operations possible. Cell could also be used in battlefield visualization systems for soldiers and to help geologists locate underground oil....
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for more background, see David's FORTUNE article from September 2005.
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...Computers based on Cell can render into visual form massive amounts of data in real time. IBM believes that in the future, computer interfaces will be highly visual, perhaps giving users the feeling that they are "inside" the data. For example, a doctor might swoop through a heart on screen with tremendous clarity and accuracy, making new kinds of operations possible. Cell could also be used in battlefield visualization systems for soldiers and to help geologists locate underground oil....
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for more background, see David's FORTUNE article from September 2005.
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