Sony's early demand for chips will be in the ''Tens of millions'' for Playstation 3, said Len Jelinek, analyst with iSuppli Corp., a market research firm in El Segundo, Calif. ''The kids are going to want them ... when it hits the market.''
Devourer said:Reason would suggest to be cautios, and that this could end up just another inflated, overhyped game machine. On the other hand, Microsoft's menace and the recurrence of PS3 release with the 60th year for Sony makes me confident they won't disappoint.
Tuttle said:"another inflated, overhyped game machine" ?!?
Drop the hype BS. It's juvenile and irrelevant.
Tuttle said:And the 'Microsoft's menace,' whatever the hell that is supposed to be, or anniversaries have nothing to do with Sony's console plans.
nAo said:I would like to know the reason behind the fact that first CELL based chips production has moved from Fishkill to a new fab.
Maybe knowing some details about this change (like different fabs..different tech involved..) will give us some more details about CELL.
nAo said:Maybe knowing some details about this change (like different fabs..different tech involved..) will give us some more details about CELL.
umh..Could it imply that memory will not be embedded with logic?Vince said:It would also be neat if someone could explain how you mix-load an IC. Say, if you have Nagasaki and E. Fishkill producing 65nm parts on sSOI substrates with Oita producing 65nm DRAM CMOS parts -- what does this seeming division imply?
nAo said:umh..Could it imply that memory will not be embedded with logic?
I don't understand why Sony is going to release the PSP without using CELL architechture in it. The whole idea is to create a flexable architechture that is low power and higher performance. After all the R & D, whats would be the big deal delaying it until 2005? Although with the lack of real hardware shown for the PSP for a while now, I'm kind of suspicious the PSP will get a CELL based processor.
Interesting, look forward to see how it works.the next generation PlayStation system won't be the debut product for the Cell.
130 years???!!!Production on Cell is expected to start next year, marking Toshiba's 130th anniversary.
passerby said:Some observations:
Interesting, look forward to see how it works.the next generation PlayStation system won't be the debut product for the Cell.
passerby said:130 years???!!!Production on Cell is expected to start next year, marking Toshiba's 130th anniversary.
Toshiba was founded in 1875 when Hisashige Tanaka opened a workshop to produce telegraphic equipment in Tokyo.
Toshiba’s early history has two strands: 1875 saw the establishment of Tanaka Seizo-sho (Tanaka Engineering Works), Japan’s first manufacturer of telegraphic equipment. Its founder, Hisashige Tanaka (1799 – 1881), was well known from his youth for inventions that included mechanical dolls and a perpetual clock. Under the name Shibaura Seisaku-sho (Shibaura Engineering Works), his company became one of Japan’s largest manufacturers of heavy electrical apparatus. In 1890, Hakunetsu-sha & Co., Ltd. was established as Japan’s first plant for electric incandescent lamps. Subsequent diversification saw the company evolve as a manufacturer of consumer products. In 1899, the company was renamed Tokyo Denki (Tokyo Electric Co.).
In 1939, these two companies, leaders in their respective fields, merged to form an integrated electric equipment manufacturer, Tokyo Shibaura Denki (Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd.). The company was soon well known as ‘Toshiba,’ which became its official name in 1978.
passerby said:Some observations:
Interesting, look forward to see how it works.the next generation PlayStation system won't be the debut product for the Cell.
It won't.Although with the lack of real hardware shown for the PSP for a while now, I'm kind of suspicious the PSP will get a CELL based processor.