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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". More details about the highly secretive "Cell" processor -- set to power upcoming Sony...
[April 24, 2003, 7:31]
IBM, Toshiba And Sony Plan Next Generation Cell Chip
News IBM, Sony and Toshiba in Thursday announced that they are renewing their joint technology alliance for another five years and hinted that they see it expanding beyond the development of the next generation of Cell processors.
[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]
Sony To Sell Chip Facility To Toshiba
News The equipment will be used by their semiconductor joint venture that will make high-performance Cell chips and RSX graphic chips, both used in Sony's PlayStation 3 game console, as well as other microchips that go into Toshiba products.
[February 20, 2008, 7:46]
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 Sony and partners IBM and Toshiba said in a joint statement that IBM is ready to begin pilot production next year on the "Cell" processor jointly developed by the companies. The first product to use the Cell will be a workstation PC jointly...
[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 Engineers from Sony, IBM and Toshiba revealed those and other specifications for the Cell processor during a press conference at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference, where technical papers on the Cell design will be presented this week.
[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 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. In these markets, Intel has aligned itself with ARM, a...
[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 The arrangement is likely to mirror Sony's relationship with IBM and Toshiba to create the Cell processor slated for use in the next big release of the PlayStation game console, said analysts and sources close to the companies.
[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. 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]
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. The TM-910 is smaller than most US cell phones and is more sophisticated than...
[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 Whether or not Cell will find customers beyond IBM, Toshiba and Sony, the three companies that created it, is one of the major questions in the semiconductor market. Under a programme launched on Wednesday, the company will offer design services...
[March 31, 2005, 9:15]
