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The Georgia Tech College of Computing today announced the
renewal of the Sony Corporation/Sony Computer
Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group)-Toshiba-IBM Center of
Competence (STI Center), based on Georgia Tech’s
exceptional work in multiple areas of research and evangelism
for the Cell Broadband Engine™ (Cell/B.E.) technology.
Through Georgia Tech’s efforts, the STI Center has been
responsible for creating and disseminating software optimized
for Cell/B.E. systems, and for performing research on the
design of Cell/B.E. systems, algorithms and applications. In
conjunction with this renewal of the STI Center, Georgia Tech
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is announcing a series of new research projects that are being undertaken at the center to develop
applications and productivity tools based on the Cell/B.E. microprocessor.
Georgia Tech also announced today that it will host the Second Annual Cell/B.E. Processor Workshop
from July 10-11, 2008, focusing on software, tools and applications for the Cell/B.E. processor,
including high performance computing applications and programmability tools. The two-day workshop
is sponsored by Sony Group, Toshiba and IBM and will be held at the Klaus Advanced Computing
Building on Georgia Tech’s campus. More information on the workshop may be found at
http:/sti.cc.gatech.edu/.
The STI Center of Competence was created at Georgia Tech to test the boundaries and demonstrate the
extreme performance of the Cell/B.E. architecture. “Today, we are carrying out the vision we always
intended - to generate breakthrough innovations using Cell/B.E. technologies working hand-in-hand
with researchers at Sony Group, Toshiba and IBM,” said David A. Bader, professor and executive
director of High-Performance Computing in the Georgia Tech College of Computing. “We are very
encouraged that our initial research results are showing the multi-faceted applicability of this
technology.”
One of the key research challenges that the collaborators will address through continued applied
research is the use of Cell/B.E. technology to better monitor an aircraft’s structural safety in commercial
and military airplanes. Researchers will develop Cell/B.E. based data-processing software that will
expeditiously and accurately monitor structural components in flight by measuring and recording an
aircraft’s vibrations through a distributed network of sensors. Although a commercial signal processing
application for airplanes is a long term plan, researchers are working to develop a solid software
foundation in the labs.
“IBM has invested in a strategy that applies the use of technology to solve grand challenges with our
trusted university partners,” said Jai Menon, IBM Fellow, vice president, Technical Strategy and
University Relations. “In our collaboration with Georgia Tech, we are working together to better predict
airline mechanical failures to make flying in airlines safer for passengers like you and me.”
The other joint research projects in productivity enhancements include:
A useful signal processing kernel needed for oil and gas exploration and seismic monitoring;
Data compression, used for file compression or reducing the size of messages sent between computers
required in multiple industries;
Financial services applications for consolidated debt optimization, as well as European and American
options pricing;
Encryption libraries for securing communications for privacy;
High-speed multimedia codecs, such as MPEG2 and JPEG2000 encoders and decoders;
Bioinformatics, such as DNA sequence alignment and comparison;
Software productivity enhancement tools that involve a cross-platform profiler, performance estimation
and tuning system with IDE type features.
Single-source automatic translator for generating PPU and SPU codes from a monolithic C/C++
application.
“We anticipate a paradigm shift in computing and our collaboration with the Georgia Tech College of
Computing will create innovative applications for Cell/B.E. processors,” said Yasu Yokote, general
manager, CELL Application Development Center, Sony Corporation. “For a year STI Center created at
Georgia Tech, they created software productivity enhancement tools, which are valuable for moving
legacy code bases to CELL/B.E. and will generate tremendous value to all Cell-based products.”
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“Within a year of the opening of the Center of Competence at Georgia Tech, researchers are already
generating outstanding results on Cell/B.E.,” said Mitsuo Saito, Chief Fellow, Toshiba Corporation
Semiconductor Company. “The future will see growing demand for multi-core processor applications,
and we are delighted that the Center is playing a key role in anticipating and responding to such
demand.”
About the Georgia Tech College of Computing
The Georgia Tech College of Computing is a national leader in the research and creation of real-world
computing breakthroughs that drive social and scientific progress. With its graduate program ranked 9th
nationally by U.S. News and World Report, the College’s unconventional approach to education is
pioneering the new era of computing by expanding the horizons of traditional computer science students
through interdisciplinary collaboration and a focus on human centered solutions. For more information
about the College of Computing, its academic divisions and research centers, please visit
http://www.cc.gatech.edu.
About the Cell Broadband Engine
The revolutionary Cell/B.E. processor is a breakthrough design featuring a central processing core,
based on IBM’s industry leading Power Architecture™ technology, and eight synergistic processors.
Cell/B.E. “supercharges” computation-intensive applications, offering fast performance for computer
entertainment and handhelds, virtual-reality, wireless downloads, real-time video chat, interactive TV
shows and other “image-hungry” computing environments. The processor was created through a
collaboration between Sony Group, Toshiba Corporation (Toshiba) and IBM.
All company/product names and service marks may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective companies. Cell Broadband Engine is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
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Stefany Wilson, 404-312-6620
stefany {at} cc.gatech(.)edu
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