▁peak ▁performance ▁of ▁approximately ▁ 4 6 0   G F LO PS ▁it ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁power ▁efficient ▁computing ▁platforms ▁to ▁date . ▁A ▁single ▁Bla de Center ▁ch ass is ▁can ▁achieve ▁ 6 . 4 ▁t era – f lo ating ▁point ▁operations ▁per ▁second ▁( tera F LO PS ) ▁and ▁over ▁ 2 5 . 8 ▁t era F LO PS ▁in ▁a ▁standard ▁ 4 2 U ▁ra ck . ▁ ▁On ▁May ▁ 1 3 , ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁IBM ▁announced ▁the ▁Bla de Center ▁Q S 2 2 . ▁The ▁Q S 2 2 ▁introdu ces ▁the ▁Power X Cell ▁ 8 i ▁processor ▁with ▁five ▁times ▁the ▁double - prec ision ▁floating ▁point ▁performance ▁of ▁the ▁Q S 2 1 , ▁and ▁the ▁capacity ▁for ▁up ▁to ▁ 3 2   GB ▁of ▁DDR 2 ▁memory ▁on - bla de . ▁ ▁IBM ▁has ▁dis cont in ued ▁the ▁Bla de ▁server ▁line ▁based ▁on ▁Cell ▁process ors ▁as ▁of ▁January ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁ ▁P CI ▁Express ▁Board ▁Several ▁companies ▁provide ▁P CI - e ▁bo ards ▁util ising ▁the ▁IBM ▁Power X Cell ▁ 8 i . ▁The ▁performance ▁is ▁reported ▁as ▁ 1 7 9 . 2   G F lo ps ▁( SP ), ▁ 8 9 . 6   G F lo ps ▁( DP ) ▁at ▁ 2 . 8   G Hz . ▁ ▁Console