IBM Throws Down

IBM unveiled a new chip that could blunt Intel's attempts to move into the video game market. Dubbed a 'cell', the new chip has multiple powerpc processors on board and uses new techniques to keep those processors fed with data.

An Intel spokesman reminded reporters that "that a new computing design requires a host of new software and programming tools to become useful". That is true, but it shouldn't be a problem for the world's largest producer and seller of computer software: IBM.