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The cell of a new machine

机译：新机器的电池

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Analogies are often drawn between the fields of computer science and biology. The information-processing abilities of DNA are a form of natural molecular computing, and computer viruses leap from machine to machine in ways reminiscent of their disease-causing namesakes. At the International Solid-State Circuits Conference in San Francisco this week, a trio of mighty information-technology firms-Sony, Toshiba and IBM-pushed the analogy a little further. They unveiled a much anticipated new computer chip, four years in the making, the very name of which is a biological metaphor: the Cell. As its name suggests, the Cell chip is designed to be used in large numbers to do things that today's computers, most of which are primitive machines akin to unicellular life-forms, cannot. Each Cell has as its "nucleus" a microprocessor based on IBM'S POWER architecture. This is the family of chips found inside Apple's Power Mac G5 computers and IBM'S powerful business machines. The Cell's "cytoplasm" consists of eight "synergistic processing elements". These are independent processors that have a deliberately minimalist design in order, paradoxically, to maximise their performance.
机译：通常在计算机科学和生物学领域之间进行类推。 DNA的信息处理能力是自然分子计算的一种形式，计算机病毒以一种引起疾病的同名回忆的方式在机器之间跳跃。在本周于旧金山举行的国际固态电路会议上，由三大实力雄厚的信息技术公司（索尼，东芝和IBM）进一步推敲了这一类比。他们推出了一种备受期待的新型计算机芯片，该芯片已经制造了四年，其名称恰好是一个生物隐喻：Cell。顾名思义，Cell芯片被设计用于大量处理当今计算机无法完成的任务，其中大多数计算机都是类似于单细胞生命形式的原始机器。每个单元都有一个基于IBM的POWER架构的微处理器作为其“核心”。这是在Apple的Power Mac G5计算机和IBM的强大商务计算机中发现的一系列芯片。细胞的“细胞质”由八个“协同加工元件”组成。这些是具有故意极简设计的独立处理器，以自相矛盾地使它们的性能最大化。

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