PowerBlock 200: ruggedized cell box for military use

Mercury Computer Systems has unveiled the PoweBlock 200, a ruggedized 200 gigaflop system to be powered by IBM's cell processors. Accoding to the company, the system will be as powerful as a machine powered by 45 Pentium 4 processors, but will fit into a box the size of a toaster. The system is to be based on the Cell BE processor, which is a multiprocessor system-on-a-chip that includes eight specialized co-processors. No pricing has been announced for the PowerBlock 200.
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