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PS3 Chip Trials Set To Begin

Posted by simoniker on from the teeny-tiny-power dept.

Thanks to GamePro for their news story regarding Toshiba and Sony's imminent trial production of semiconductor chips that will be the precursor to the Cell chip that's expected to be used in the PlayStation 3. According to the article, "...the trial production of sample chips using the 65-nanometer (one nanometer is a billionth of a meter) technology will begin in 2004... [but] commercial production is not expected to begin until the first half of Toshiba's 2005 fiscal year, which is from April to 2005." Gamesindustry.biz notes that this is "...just about in time to supply components for Sony's PlayStation 3 launch at the end of 2005, if that is indeed the plan."

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  1. Prototype since '01 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Used to work at Sony. I know they had a working PS3 in 2001 in the US. Very well could be launched by 2005, but I wouldn't have faith in the hardware since it's definitely rushed.

  2. That's funny... by GaimeGuy · · Score: 2, Informative

    I seem to recall Sony stating a few months ago that production of Cell was going quite slowly, and wouldn't be ready until late 2006 and/or 2007. Now it's already back to 2005? Frankly, I don't trust anything Sony says. After they touted the Ps2 as being more powerful than a supercomputer, and after they announce the PSX, the "ultimate" entertainment center, with specs, only to cut a bunch of features without reducing price just before launch.