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Takem from gamesradar.com...
"Design of PlayStation 3 chip almost finished!!
Production of the 'Cell' chip for PS3 could begin in late 2004
Engineers from Sony, IBM and Toshiba have finished designing a new chip called 'Cell' - the chip that is rumoured to be for PlayStation 3.
Touted as a super-computer on a chip, the design will shortly be passed over to engineers who will then produce samples of it. The way things are currently progressing, it's reported that the chip would be ready for production at the end of 2004.
Cell is said to differ from existing microprocesors in that it will also be able to handle high-bandwidth communication and run multiple devices.
So a set-top box containing a Cell chip, for example, could share processing power with a Cell-driven TV to render the visuals for an animated film.
Meanwhile, rumours have been sweeping the net of a supposed Sony investors meeting that took place in Osaka last month where a pre-production version of the PlayStation 3 was allegedly unveiled.
Suffice to say that, considering design has only just finished of the chip, 'news' of a pre-production model in action is somewhat on the premature side..."
Good, bad, pointless? What do you think?
"Design of PlayStation 3 chip almost finished!!
Production of the 'Cell' chip for PS3 could begin in late 2004
Engineers from Sony, IBM and Toshiba have finished designing a new chip called 'Cell' - the chip that is rumoured to be for PlayStation 3.
Touted as a super-computer on a chip, the design will shortly be passed over to engineers who will then produce samples of it. The way things are currently progressing, it's reported that the chip would be ready for production at the end of 2004.
Cell is said to differ from existing microprocesors in that it will also be able to handle high-bandwidth communication and run multiple devices.
So a set-top box containing a Cell chip, for example, could share processing power with a Cell-driven TV to render the visuals for an animated film.
Meanwhile, rumours have been sweeping the net of a supposed Sony investors meeting that took place in Osaka last month where a pre-production version of the PlayStation 3 was allegedly unveiled.
Suffice to say that, considering design has only just finished of the chip, 'news' of a pre-production model in action is somewhat on the premature side..."
Good, bad, pointless? What do you think?
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Na†ßu© wrote:
> I reckon it will be kinda see through but it will light up blue and
> the plastic will be blue tinted :D
like that cool nokia phone?
> I reckon it will be kinda see through but it will light up blue and
> the plastic will be blue tinted :D
like that cool nokia phone?
well at the moment i'm enjoying my PS2 :)
anyway if they release the PS3 too soon then won't Nintendo and Microsoft just just counter that with a newer lastist "super cpmputer chip". i say why don't sony take their time over the design of the new chip, if it's almost finished now won't it be out done when Nintendo decide to design a chip in years to come.
anyway if they release the PS3 too soon then won't Nintendo and Microsoft just just counter that with a newer lastist "super cpmputer chip". i say why don't sony take their time over the design of the new chip, if it's almost finished now won't it be out done when Nintendo decide to design a chip in years to come.
I'm lost already so that wont work !!
Muuuuuuuuh !!
Muuuuuuuuh !!
a. I was
b. just telling
c. the forum
d. Get Lost!
b. just telling
c. the forum
d. Get Lost!
a. Who cares
b. Whats the point
c. Enjoy your PS2
d. Freaks !!
b. Whats the point
c. Enjoy your PS2
d. Freaks !!
I reckon it will be kinda see through but it will light up blue and the plastic will be blue tinted :D
I just hope they don't rush the release of the console with half finished games like the PS2. But seeing as that stratagy gained their foothold in the console market with the PS2, I fear that will be the likely option sony takes for it's future machine.
Smilin Demon wrote:
> I wonder what it will look like, the console I mean. I remember seeing
> early expectations of the PS2 and they were way off, I think they were
> only going by what the PSone looked like then, and they were just in
> the margine of a mag.
>
i bought a mag a couple of years back and they had designs, they also said, whatever choice gets the most votes fromthe users it will be the real thing. they did this to get money and you had to phone up. i never did. buit after a couple of months, they revealed that a purble "gamecube" like shape would be the PS2. tw*ts.
> I wonder what it will look like, the console I mean. I remember seeing
> early expectations of the PS2 and they were way off, I think they were
> only going by what the PSone looked like then, and they were just in
> the margine of a mag.
>
i bought a mag a couple of years back and they had designs, they also said, whatever choice gets the most votes fromthe users it will be the real thing. they did this to get money and you had to phone up. i never did. buit after a couple of months, they revealed that a purble "gamecube" like shape would be the PS2. tw*ts.
Fuzzy wrote:
> Doesn't bother me, by then I'll have a *real* job, so I can buy it @
> launch (unlike my PS2)
>
> <:-)
me too, once I have 400 saved, i'm keeping it, then if it costs any more than that i'll add what ever's neccessary at the time. by that time i'll be almost 19, wooooooh.
> Doesn't bother me, by then I'll have a *real* job, so I can buy it @
> launch (unlike my PS2)
>
> <:-)
me too, once I have 400 saved, i'm keeping it, then if it costs any more than that i'll add what ever's neccessary at the time. by that time i'll be almost 19, wooooooh.
Hercules! wrote:
> Erm....... I *did* say that we were going to move swiftly on now......
> didnt I?
>
> *rolls eyes*
What? I was serious!!
:)
> Erm....... I *did* say that we were going to move swiftly on now......
> didnt I?
>
> *rolls eyes*
What? I was serious!!
:)
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