Cell Broadband Engine™

This powerful engine brings you an intense PLAYSTATION®3 experience - here’s how:

* Unique Multi-Core Design
Breakthrough architectural design features a main Power Processing Element (PPE) and up to eight Synergistic Processing Elements (SPE).

* True Parallel Processing
Each Synergistic Processing Element (SPE) has its own fast memory for true parallel processing. This and its unique memory design make the Cell Broadband Engine™ more powerful and more efficient than traditional single core and multi-core processors for many types of processing.

* Power
40 times faster than the chip that runs PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system.


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