IBM tells staffers more work coming their way
By George Spohr
Posted: July 24, 2009 - 2:00 AM
EAST FISHKILL - IBM East Fishkill workers were called to an all-hands-on staff meeting Thursday evening where they were told more work is coming their way.
Employees were told work will come to the Systems and Technology Group from Nintendo, Freescale and Sony.
IBM employs more than 9,000 at East Fishkill, Poughkeepsie and Sterling Forest. Managers told employees they did not anticipate hiring additional workers.
IBM officials could not be reached for comment.
What's the significance of this I wonder?
Wii can't get much cheaper!Die shrinks maybe? For...cheaper priced Wii?
IBM introduced the 45nm version of the Cell B.E. processor at ISSCC earlier this week, fabbed on IBM's 45nm SOI line at East Fishkill and targeted primarily towards future revisions of the Playstation 3 gaming console and Cell blade servers.
In a bid to lower the cost of its Cell processor that powers Sony PlayStation 3 video game system, Sony Corp. plans to utilize version of the chip that is produced using 45nm process technology by Toshiba Corp.
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Potentially, low power Cell processor may enable Sony to create a slimmer and smaller PlayStation 3 game system that will also be cheaper to produce. According to Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun news-paper, 45nm Cell will be available already in 2009.