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IBM`s Roadrunner Speeds Toward a Petaflop - The Cell-Based QS22
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What makes Roadrunner unique is that IBM will use its Cell processor, originally designed for game consoles, as a way to accelerate the more difficult scientific calculations that the supercomputer will perform during its time in Los Alamos. This is the inside of the QS22 blade, which holds the Cell processors. Roadrunner uses two QS22 blades with a total of four cell processors.

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