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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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Erm....... I *did* say that we were going to move swiftly on now...... didnt I?
*rolls eyes*
*rolls eyes*
I think it should have arms that come out and take the disc from you so that you don't have to walk over to it and insert it :)
Riiiiiight...... moving swiftly on.......
i think theyll shock the world, with paint splodges all over it, a big duck and a tree, and the controller ports will be this really confusing shape and the control pad will have a touchpad like on a laptop and brain scanning tachnology so theres no skill involved, and everyone just needs to think theyll win to win.
as everyone is winning, theyll have an online game with who can whack their X button the hardest, but everyone uses bricks, and the controllers break and all the americans sue the ggame company for their broken controllers, and then theyll just think about suing the and they get lots of money and then everyone does it and the world suffers an economical breakdown, and evreyone tries to fight sony for the economical breakdown, and sony unleash metal gear ray and ( takes huge breath) theres a big war and everyone that survives it lives happily ever after.
sony creates world peace! who saw that coming? ( except me )
the end
or silver wit the weird ridges ps2 had
as everyone is winning, theyll have an online game with who can whack their X button the hardest, but everyone uses bricks, and the controllers break and all the americans sue the ggame company for their broken controllers, and then theyll just think about suing the and they get lots of money and then everyone does it and the world suffers an economical breakdown, and evreyone tries to fight sony for the economical breakdown, and sony unleash metal gear ray and ( takes huge breath) theres a big war and everyone that survives it lives happily ever after.
sony creates world peace! who saw that coming? ( except me )
the end
or silver wit the weird ridges ps2 had
I think they'll go silver.
4 controller ports.
Slim, a bit like PS2, but smaller.
A built-in screen for showing... erm.... stuff.
4 controller ports.
Slim, a bit like PS2, but smaller.
A built-in screen for showing... erm.... stuff.
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.
Anyone got any ideas? Know anywhere that has some early possible designs?
Though I think it may be a tad early for these kinds of things?
Anyone got any ideas? Know anywhere that has some early possible designs?
Though I think it may be a tad early for these kinds of things?
Doesn't bother me, by then I'll have a *real* job, so I can buy it @ launch (unlike my PS2)
<:-)
<:-)
Won't be out 'till 2006 me says.
:-)
:-)
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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