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Sony to sink £1bn into 'Cell' console chip
News Since early 2001, Sony Computer Entertainment, IBM and Toshiba have teamed to develop Cell, a new multimedia processor touted as a "supercomputer on a chip". In order to increase its performance, Cell will boast a multicore architecture, in which a...
[April 24, 2003, 7:31]
IBM, Toshiba and Sony plan next generation Cell chip
News The Cell chip is as good as the Pentium, if not better, " he told an audience of industry analysts, according to an article in BusinessWeek. The original Cell chip was released in February 2005, and hailed as a 'supercomputer on a chip'.
[January 12, 2006, 12:25]
Sony looks in-house for chip boost
News The company has teamed with Toshiba and IBM on a new chip called the Cell to be used in the upcoming PlayStation 3 gaming console. Sony will increase investment in its chip business by up to $576m over the next two years to enhance the...
[December 22, 2004, 15:40]
PlayStation 3 chip to arrive in 2005
News Sony is planning to first install a test production line for the Cell chip in Nagasaki Prefecture. The Cell chip, planned to be a thousand times more powerful than the PS2's processor, will be built using a 65-nanometre process and 300mm silicon...
[October 9, 2003, 17:15]
PlayStation 3 chip nears completion
News Collaborating engineers from IBM, Sony and Toshiba have wrapped up the design for the inner workings of a mysterious new chip called "Cell. So far the chip triumvirate of IBM, Sony and Toshiba, which pledged $400m to the project and sent engineers...
[August 6, 2002, 13:07]
PlayStation 3 chip to debut in IBM desktop
News Cell will also incorporate new power-saving techniques and allow for on-chip systems to protect copyright works, according to the statement. Sony and partners IBM and Toshiba said in a joint statement that IBM is ready to begin pilot production...
[December 2, 2004, 10:45]
'Supercomputer on a chip' promised by Cell processor
News Trailed as a 'supercomputer on a chip', the Cell is known to encompass many innovations in software and hardware design and will be the chip at the centre of next year's Sony Playstation 3. IBM, Sony and Toshiba will reveal details on the new Cell...
[February 7, 2005, 15:50]
Cell processor unveiled
News The three companies have been working on Cell for several years, promising to deliver a high-performance chip optimised for multimedia applications. While the PlayStation 3 is likely to be the first mass-market product to use Cell, the chip's...
[February 8, 2005, 9:05]
Clock frequency race hots up
News The first-generation Cell Broadband Engine chip, co-developed by IBM, Sony and Toshiba, has just appeared in Sony's PlayStation 3 game console and can run at 4GHz. IBM's Power6 processor will be able to exceed 5GHz (five gigahertz) in a high...
[January 2, 2007, 8:23]
PlayStation 3 chip to power supercomputers
News That is the pledge of one of the chief architects of the Cell, jointly developed by IBM, Sony and Toshiba, who on Friday sought to allay fears that the chip would create huge programming challenges for game developers just starting to learn their...
[December 6, 2004, 7:35]
Sony targets businesses with IP video kit
News The company is moving to "shake up" its business processes from the bottom as it prepares the joint release of its cell chip said Deering, hinted that the chip would be used in many of Sony's products.
[March 9, 2005, 15:05]
IBM to share chip intelligence
News Sony and Toshiba are expanding an alliance with IBM that will give the companies access to its chip breakthroughs while making the tech giant more of a player in the burgeoning market for consumer electronics.
[April 2, 2002, 15:27]
PlayStation 3 to get 'Yellowstone'
News Both Yellowstone and Redwood would be used to enhance the broadband capabilities of "Cell," a complex microprocessor that will likely power an upcoming version of Sony's PlayStation. Cell, which is expected to come out in late 2004 or early 2005...
[January 7, 2003, 8:06]
Microsoft chips in for Xbox Next
News PowerPC concepts will also be the basis of the Cell processor, which will contain multiple chip cores that handle a variety of tasks. Doherty speculated that Microsoft's IBM-flavoured processor probably wouldn't represent as radical a departure as...
[November 10, 2003, 12:20]
Chip heavyweights hope alliance adds up
News Some analysts speculate Cell chips will end up in Sony's PlayStation 3 game console. The alliance's main competitor is likely to be IBM, which recently expanded an existing chip pact with Sony and Toshiba.
[April 14, 2002, 7:31]
Comdex 2001: Device makers expand on wireless
News The camera, which will cost about $2,000 when it hits shelves in February, also comes with a Bluetooth module for cell phones, in case the phone lacks an internal chip. Sony, for instance, is unveiling a networked Handycam that contains an...
[November 12, 2001, 16:32]
Samsung to share IBM's chips
News IBM, Sony and Toshiba are collaborating on chip design and manufacturing efforts related to Cell, a new kind of processor that's expected to power the next Sony PlayStation, among other devices. Last month, Sony invested $325m with IBM to help...
[March 8, 2004, 9:30]
IBM shows Cell blade in action
News The Cell chip, which was designed by IBM, Sony and Toshiba, will also power Sony's PlayStation3 games console. This requires a huge amount of data processing, but a blade server using the nine-core Cell chip is well equipped to handle such a...
[March 10, 2006, 10:05]
IBM drumming up Cell support
News Under a programme launched on Wednesday, the company will offer design services and consulting to manufacturers of electronics products to adopt the Cell processor, a multicore chip that will appear in Toshiba TV sets and the PlayStation 3.
[March 31, 2005, 9:15]
Sony soups up PlayStation2
News Though Sony mentioned nothing about the much-rumoured PlayStation3, which currently is expected to debut in 2005, representatives indicated they plan to build a home server incorporating the "Cell" chip, which is destined for the PS3.
[May 28, 2003, 14:47]
