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Monday, March 02, 2009

PlayStation 3 used for 'HD real time' video editing - 15 simultaneous video streams

audio a4 playstation 3 videoImpossible Software of Germany has cracked the problem that lead to the company's name.

Zimmermann began experimenting with Sony's PlayStation 3, which uses a Cell processor. Using a computer running Linux, Zimmermann was able to get up to 15 simultaneous video streams running, a small experiment that would be representative of the type of demand on the Internet.

Working with IBM, the six-employee startup based in Hamburg has figured out how to let users modify high-resolution video as it is being streamed to computers over the Internet.

Read the full post on Tech Yahoo here...