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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. Consoles or computers? by n00bieriffic · · Score: 0, Troll

    All of the next generation consoles are using some derivitive of the IBM powerpc technology. With the kind of power and capability of these processors we may be likely to start seeing them on our desktops rather than just in our entertainment centers. This will just be a step in the direction of the closed computing that microsoft, hp and other companies are wanting to push towards.

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  2. Correction by MMaestro · · Score: 0, Troll
    "...just about in time to supply components for Sony's PlayStation 3 launch at the end of 2005, if that is indeed the plan."

    Correction : "...just about in time to supply components for Sony's PlayStation 3 launch in Japan at the end of 2005, if that is indeed the plan."

    Yeah yeah, how about a U.S. launch date? While the Japanese get all the games and systems first, the U.S. gets systems and games late with some games NEVER coming out here. Sure it'll make its way here, EVENTUALLY, but as an American GAMER I'm not exactly jumping with joy.