The Cell Accelerator Board (CAB) is a PCI Express® accelerator card based on the Cell Broadband Engine™ (BE) processor in a package designed for high-performance environments. This comprehensive user-programmable solution offers order-of-magnitude faster processing for graphics, image, and signal processing workloads. Performance scales dramatically when the application is distributed across multiple Cell Accelerator Boards in a cluster or across the network.

Mercury has mapped key algorithms onto the solution, significantly increasing the performance advantages for high-performance computing applications.

Specs Cell BE Processor cell-cab.pdf Memory Memory, 1 GB XDR DRAM,2 channels each,512 MB ECC support, Single-bit correct; double-bit detect Flash 2x16 MB DDR2 4 GB Operating System a Linux 'busy box' Size Length 312 mm (12.283 in) Width 40.64 mm (1.6 in) Height 111.15 mm (4.376 in) The board dimensions are compatible with the PCI Express x16 Graphics 150W-ATX Specification 1.0. Environmental Ambient temperature, 0°C to 35°C Humidity 5% to 95%, non-condensing Height 111.15 mm (4.376 in) Altitude, 3000 ft at 35°C, 7000 ft at 32°C Power Cell Accelerator Board with 4 GB DDR2, 210W Power is provided through the use of two 75W standard connector cables in addition to the 75W power provided through the PCI Express edge connector. Compliance Safety, UL 60950-1 and IEC 60950-1 EMC, EN 55022, EN 61000, EN 55024:1998 European Directive 2002/95/EC (RoHS Directive) Qualified Chassis/Environments HP xw9300 workstation Mercury is developing a multicomputer chassis that will accept multiple Cell Accelerator Boards connected by a PCI Express fabric.

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