© Copyright IBM Corporation 2006 Cell Broadband Engine Applications Francesco Bertagnolli System & Technology Group Examples of use

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2006 Francesco Bertagnolli Application areas for Cell Blades Cell/B.E. Technology Segments and Workloads Visualization Presentation of Data Modeling, Simulation, Image processing, Rendering Real-time Analytics Processing of Data Information Synthesis Analysis Focused Common Workload Characteristics/Requirements Financial markets Media & Entertainment Medical Imaging Digital Video Surveillance Seismic A&D EDA Examples of use

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2006 Francesco Bertagnolli Application areas for Cell Blades Examples of use Toshiba’s Magic Mirror Demo Cell CEATECH 2005 htttp://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/lsi/images/toshiba_cell.mpg Normal Camera samples the face 30 times per second, finding 500 points, modeling and texturing them, in real-time, using Cell BE 3D Makeup Simulation ●Face shape modeling plots the contours of the face with 6,000 polygons ●Texture mapping matches the makeup and its texture with each individual polygon ●Template matching tracks the movement of 500 facial points, to track motion and changes in facial expression 3D Hairstyle Simulation ●Matrix analysis uses the results of facial modeling, 2D facial movement and template matching to calculate 3D facial motions ●The database contains 50 to 100 images of each hairstyle ●Image-based rendering creates images that match the individual image with the selected hairstyle and transforms its appearance in perfect timing with movements of the face.

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© Copyright IBM Corporation 2006 Francesco Bertagnolli Application areas for Cell Blades Combination of both informations Altitude informationSatellite image Readout Terrain Rendering Engine (TRE) The development of the Cell Broadband Engine (CBE), together with the advent of commercially available high resolution satellite images and digital elevation models (DEM), brings new possibilities to visualizing the world around us. Two sets of input Without the assistance of a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) Examples of use

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2006 Francesco Bertagnolli Application areas for Cell Blades Course evaluation, comparison, plans of action, actions Broker Interaction at the stock exchange Current courses Financial Analysis Examples of use

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2006 Francesco Bertagnolli Application areas for Cell Blades IBM Storage Compression and archiving Live Multi-Cam analysis - Pursuit over several cameras - Automated monitoring - Automated static analysis - … Video monitoring Examples of use

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2006 Francesco Bertagnolli Application areas for Cell Blades - SSL transmission at WWW - DB-Entries code/decode - Encoded VoIP transmission - … DPINFO-Entry… SSL Encrypt over WWW Encyrpt + translate VoIP Encryption … Security Encryption / Decryption Examples of use

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2006 Francesco Bertagnolli Application areas for Cell Blades Goal: to speed up a linear image registration code by using the Cell BE processor. Registration is a process of transforming two input images into one coordinate system. - Images of the same patient taken with different scan devices (e.g. CT and MRI) - Images of the same patient taken at different points in time  The result helps medical doctors to examine the two images from the same perspective. Mayo Code ITK (Insight Toolkit) Affine Transformation Parameters 3D input image, consisting of many 2D slices Reducing minutes to seconds on this application will have significant effects on the work of radiologists Mayo Clinic (1) Examples of use

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2006 Francesco Bertagnolli Application areas for Cell Blades Mayo Clinic (2) Examples of use

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