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PS3 and XBox 2 Processors to be Exactly the Same?

Posted by Zonk on from the one-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other dept.

themuffinking writes "IBM (the manufacturers of some of the parts for the PS3 and Xbox 2) told Alex Albrecht that the processors they are putting in the new PS3 and Xbox2 are going to be the same processor, with the parts around it arranged slightly differently. Alex pried this information out of an IBM employee, likely while interviewing him for the show on which Alex is a cohost, The Screen Savers. Alex equivocates by saying "Now again, this is a rumor... so no Slashdotting". Too late for that, but keep in mind this is just hearsay at this point.

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  1. This is old news by CRobin · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Its been known for a long time now that both Mirosoft and the Cell where to have an IBM power based core... So build it up with some vague hype, and you get this article. Of course IBM gave their most recent power core to both of them, did you really think that either MS or Sony wanted an old PPC core? They both are looking and paying for the bleeding edge power core, which is what they got. Did anyone tell them Apple is going to be using the same CPU core too, oh no!!!! Geez what hype.

  2. Hmmm by polyp2000 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I remember reading something along these lines on the register or was it here on
    slashdot

    It is certainly true to say that IBM are having to do with the new cell chip- but it is also doing this in partnership with hitachi and sony.

    If the PS3 is to be using G5's (which are available now) then how come they are specifically branding it as CELL, plouging development costs into it when the chip already exists? Its idle speculation - and who knows who this infomation anway it could be IBM's tea boy for all we know ...

    Nick...

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  3. So what's the next Gamecube getting? by lion2 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    IBM is also making the Gamecube chip. So if the gamecube get's a different chip, will it be less powerful? IBM must be in a tough position and probably has to make sure that each chip perform about the same.

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    1. Re:So what's the next Gamecube getting? by seann · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Why.

      You get what you pay for.
      if nintendo pays for a faster chip, thats what they get.

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    2. Re:So what's the next Gamecube getting? by scot4875 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Nintendo does not have the deep pockets that Sony and Microsoft have

      Wrong. Nintendo isn't as big, but they have assloads of cash. The 'loss' that they posted a couple quarters ago? It was because they had too much cash in weakening US dollars.

      Sony and Microsoft can definitely pay for the fastest CPU

      Wrong. Customers pay for the fastest CPU. (Well, except in the case of the XBox, where Microsoft *does* actually heavily subsidize the cost of the console)

      IBM would probably recieve complaints from the companies if their(Sony or Microsoft) processor turned out to be slower than the competition

      Wrong. What would they have to complain about? These are large corporations with huge R&D budgets -- they know what they're getting, and they know what they paid for. Don't equate the manufacturers of these systems with the moronic, irrational fanboys that buy them and then try to convince everyone that their system is teh r0x0R, and all others sux0r.

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  4. Re:Porting by Seahawk · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yes - as easy as porting a windows program to linux...

    There is MUCH more to it than just the architecture.

    Look how many platforms linux runs on - supporting different architectures is not THAT hard - but porting between two completely different api's are.