Cell/B.E.-Processors for Machine Vision

The Cell/B.E. processor (also Cell processor), which drives the Roadrunner in Los Alamos with over 1 Petaflop/s to be the fastest computer of the world, features high processing power referring to algorithms in visualization and image processing. With optimized image acquisition components, Matrix Vision makes it possible to use this power for industrial image processing applications. The power of the nine cores of one Cell/B.E. processor, each with 3.2 GHz, corresponds to the power of up to 12 conventional PCs. Cell Blades contain two Cell/B.E. processors and according to this they offer highest power in little space. For industrial applications, normally PCIe frame grabbers are used, which are placed in a special enclosure or installed next to the Cell Blade into a PCIe adapter.