Cell Broadband Engine™

The PLAYSTATION®3 system’s Cell Broadband Engine™ is the very thing that game developers have always dreamt about. Its unique multi-processing unit design represents a tour de force in parallel processing. The ability to do more of everything at the same time means more enemies, more AI, more explosions, and more realistic game play. Game play that takes into account ragdoll physics and keyframe animation, enemy AI behaving unpredictably, glass cracking based on the size of the object that impacted it, and individual flecks of dust in a beam of sunlight to create a more believable experience. The Cell Broadband Engine has the muscle and horsepower to move beyond artificial intelligence. This is the power that is the digital soul of PLAYSTATION®3.

Key Features of the 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.