IBM’s Roadrunner set to smash supercomputing marks

November 13, 2007 | Source: CNET News.Com

IBM is working on a computer nicknamed “Roadrunner” that will be capable of performing more than a quadrillion operations, or a petaflop, when it’s fully operational.

It will combine Cell processors, a family of chips found inside the PlayStation 3, and processors from Advanced Micro Devices.