Sony Switches To Its Own Processor For Handhelds

Pointing to this Associated Press story carried by the Miami Herald, Jorkapp writes "Sony has announced that they will be using Processors manufactured by themselves in their next generation of CLIE handhelds, which are due to ship this Semptember. This is only the first step though, as Sony is planning to use its own line of processors for the next generation of Playstation systems. This new processor will give users 16 hours of battery life (impressive!) and the ability to play video at a smooth 30fps." And jake writes with a link to a story at mobilemag.com which also describes the new handhelds (the UX50 was mentioned the other day), and says "both the CLIE UX50 and UX40 handhelds will be available through American retailers in September for about $700 and $600, respectively, but can be pre-ordered now through Sony's website."

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When it comes to cache size vs. price, you can't beat my Sun SS1000. Four processors with SuperCache! I paid ~$5 for it.

Consumer products have always been behind the times in the numbers that buyers ignore. Why does a decade-old server have more cache than a brand new desktop? Because no consumer looks at cache when buying a computer, despite the massive impact on performance.