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PlayStation 3 Chip Nears Completion
Talkback Think about your Playstation 3, your DVD recorder, your TV and your computer all linked up. Your Playstation could grab resources from your computer and double the frame rate in the game you're playing.
[May 13, 2004, 12:06]
PlayStation 3 Chip To Debut In IBM Desktop
Talkback If the chip can work a Playstation, then I hope the workstations will also be reasonably priced. No more everlasting downloads, no more crappy streaming, just crystal clear Hi-def content from my Cell based SONY HDTV and home server.
[December 4, 2004, 3:53]
Linux Gets PlayStation 3 Chip Support
News The unusual processor is also used in Sony's upcoming PlayStation 3 games console, but IBM expects it to be used for high-performance computing tasks such as medical image processing as well. Linus Torvalds released a new Linux kernel on Monday...
[March 22, 2006, 8:55]
PlayStation 3 Chip Nears Completion
Talkback Cell" - 1 trilion of operations per second, Human eye 100 trilions of operations per second. If this chip comes to the market than it means that we will be having 240Ghz computers and if put on a graphic card a 240Ghz graphic card.
[October 3, 2004, 13:14]
PlayStation 3 Chip Nears Completion
Talkback I wonder if the Cell chip will ship with Longhorn. When will Chip be available for Windows Computers? Is it being made to work with Windows and or Mac? Wouldn't it be great if it could work with Windows and Mac?
[April 11, 2005, 22:30]
PlayStation 3 Chip To Debut In IBM Desktop
News Sony has also confirmed the Cell will power the next version of its market-leading PlayStation game console. Sony revealed new details on Monday on the chip that will power the next PlayStation and said development is on track to deliver products...
[December 2, 2004, 10:45]
PlayStation 3 Chip To Arrive In 2005
News Sony said this week that it would begin mass-producing its next-generation Cell chips, destined for the PlayStation 3 and other consumer electronics, by the latter half of 2005. Sony and development partner Toshiba have said they plan to use Cell...
[October 9, 2003, 17:15]
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]
PlayStation 3 Chip Nears Completion
News While Cell will provide a lot of PlayStation 3 opportunity for Sony, what will IBM and Toshiba get out of it? The chip could end up inside the PlayStation 3, and elements of its design will be seen in future server chips from IBM.
[August 6, 2002, 13:07]
IBM To Share Chip Intelligence
News The three companies have already said they will collaborate on a future processor architecture, called the Cell architecture, that some analysts speculate will end up in the PlayStation 3. While the chip boosted the PlayStation 2's performance, the...
[April 2, 2002, 15:27]
Cell Processor Unveiled
News While the PlayStation 3 is likely to be the first mass-market product to use Cell, the chip's designers have said the flexible architecture means that Cell will be useful for a wide range of applications, from servers to mobile phones.
[February 8, 2005, 9:05]
PlayStation Chip Sharpens IBM's BladeCenter
News IBM's Cell processor was codeveloped with Toshiba and Sony, and it will be used in it in the upcoming PlayStation 3 console. IBM introduced its overhauled blade server line on Wednesday, upgrading its core components and touting forthcoming options...
[February 9, 2006, 8:25]
'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]
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]
US Urged To Take Supercomputing Beyond Clusters
Talkback The cell will be used for the Playstation 3 game console but should be usefull for supercomputer applications. The Cell Chip will be built on 65 nm process and may contain up to 1 billion transistors.
[November 18, 2004, 23:11]
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]
Sony Targets Businesses With IP Video Kit
News IBM and Toshiba have collaborated with the Japanese company to produce the chip, which will power a range of computers from business PCs to Sony's PlayStation 3. The company is moving to "shake up" its business processes from the bottom as it...
[March 9, 2005, 15:05]
Chip Heavyweights Hope Alliance Adds Up
News Some analysts speculate Cell chips will end up in Sony's PlayStation 3 game console. They have already collaborated to create a new processor architecture, called Cell. The alliance's main competitor is likely to be IBM, which recently expanded an...
[April 14, 2002, 7:31]
Reports On Xbox Delay Premature
News But Sony executives, while refusing to make any commitments for a PS2 successor, have indicated that the Cell processor expected to power the PlayStation 3 is taking longer to develop than expected. Game consoles typically run on a five-year life...
[June 23, 2003, 8:14]
IBM Wins Bid To Build Hybrid Supercomputer
News IBM has won a bid to build a supercomputer called Roadrunner that will include not just conventional Opteron chips but also the Cell processor used in the Sony PlayStation. Cell originally was designed to improve videogame performance in the...
[September 6, 2006, 10:05]
