ane ▁being ▁a ▁un id irection al ▁ 8 - bit ▁wide ▁point - to - point ▁path . ▁Five ▁ 8 - bit ▁wide ▁point - to - point ▁paths ▁are ▁in bound ▁lan es ▁to ▁Cell , ▁while ▁the ▁remaining ▁seven ▁are ▁out bound . ▁This ▁provides ▁a ▁theoretical ▁peak ▁band width ▁of ▁ 6 2 . 4   GB / s ▁( 3 6 . 4   GB / s ▁out bound , ▁ 2 6   GB / s ▁in bound ) ▁at ▁ 2 . 6   G Hz . ▁The ▁F lex IO ▁interface ▁can ▁be ▁clock ed ▁independently , ▁typ . ▁at ▁ 3 . 2   G Hz . ▁ 4 ▁in bound ▁+ ▁ 4 ▁out bound ▁lan es ▁are ▁supporting ▁memory ▁coh er ency . ▁ ▁Possible ▁applications ▁ ▁Video ▁processing ▁card ▁Some ▁companies , ▁such ▁as ▁Le ad tek , ▁have ▁released ▁P CI - E ▁cards ▁based ▁upon ▁the ▁Cell ▁to ▁allow ▁for ▁" f aster ▁than ▁real ▁time " ▁trans c oding ▁of ▁H . 2 6 4 , ▁M PE G - 2 ▁and ▁M PE G - 4 ▁video . ▁ ▁Bla de ▁server ▁On ▁August ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁IBM ▁announced ▁the ▁Bla de Center ▁Q S 2 1 . ▁Gener ating ▁a ▁measured ▁ 1 . 0 5 ▁g iga – f lo ating ▁point ▁operations ▁per ▁second ▁( g iga F LO PS ) ▁per ▁w att , ▁with