) 3 ▁for ▁High - Per formance ▁Comput ing . ▁ ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁Fix st ars ▁Corporation ▁released ▁the ▁new ▁" CV Cell " ▁module ▁aim ing ▁to ▁acceler ate ▁several ▁important ▁Open CV ▁APIs ▁for ▁Cell . ▁In ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁software ▁calculation ▁tests , ▁they ▁recorded ▁execution ▁times ▁on ▁a ▁ 3 . 2   G Hz ▁Cell ▁processor ▁that ▁were ▁between ▁ 6 x ▁and ▁ 2 7 x ▁faster ▁compared ▁with ▁the ▁same ▁software ▁on ▁a ▁ 2 . 4   G Hz ▁Intel ▁Core ▁ 2 ▁Du o . ▁ ▁Gallery ▁Illustr ations ▁of ▁the ▁different ▁gener ations ▁of ▁Cell / B . E . ▁process ors ▁and ▁the ▁Power X Cell ▁ 8 i . ▁The ▁images ▁are ▁not ▁to ▁scale ; ▁All ▁Cell / B . E . ▁packages ▁measures ▁ 4 2 . 5 × 4 2 . 5   mm ▁and ▁the ▁Power X Cell ▁ 8 i ▁measures ▁ 4 7 . 5 × 4 7 . 5   mm . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁ST I ▁Center ▁of ▁Compet ence ▁for ▁the ▁Cell ▁Process or ▁ ▁Ad ap te va ▁E pi ph any ▁architecture , ▁a ▁similar ▁network - on - a - ch ip ▁with ▁local ▁stores ▁and ▁D MA , ▁but ▁more ▁cores ▁and ▁easier ▁off - core ▁communication . ▁ ▁V ision ▁Process ing ▁Unit , ▁an ▁emer ging ▁class ▁of ▁processor ▁with ▁some ▁similar ▁features ▁ ▁MP So C ▁ ▁Oct