] 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%u2014Sony, Toshiba and
] IBM%u2014pushed 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.

It sounds like Cell is basically a Power core with a bunch of IO and some special units to do PS3 things, etc.