<p>MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and IBM have announced the recent completion of the first course in the United States structured around the capabilities of the Cell Broadband Engine (Cell/B.E.), the microprocessor that powers the new PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. </p>
<p>During the four-week Independent Activities Period course in January, students not only learned about the new microprocessor, they designed and implemented projects to run directly on PlayStation®3 consoles. The student team with the best project–a 3-D version of the classic pong game–later presented its work and discussed the experience at the Game Developer Conference in March.</p>