IBM's Radical Cell Processor

Rouslan Solomakhin writes "Forbes has recently posted an article on IBM's new revolutionary Cell processor. Cell is going to enable PS3 developers to create movie-quality games with blazing-speed graphics. Applications in other areas are also considered." From the article: "Some techies say PlayStation 3, which may debut by midyear and could end up in 100 million homes in five years, will usher in the next microchip revolution. The Sony system owes its prowess to a microprocessor called Cell, which was cooked up by chip wizards at IBM (with help from Sony and Toshiba) at a cost of $400 million over five years."

Comments

IBM really needs to prove themselves

[Vivek Jishtu]

With Apple no longer buying chips from them, they really need to prove themselves.

Re:IBM really needs to prove themselves

[thatguywhoiam]

*patpatpat*.. just lay your little head back down, don't you fret none... *patpatpat*

The detail you seem to have missed is: those of us who have not taken to resting a Power5 server on our laps have managed to keep our balls.

Seriously, a condescending server nerd is never a pretty sight. How's that working out for you?

Movie Like Games

[sirstar]

So, does this mean the PS3 will have more games based on movies?

Re:Movie Like Games

[LiquidCoooled]

This years best: Gigli - Teh action game

shudder

Radical cell?

[Anonymous Coward]

Forbes has recently posted an article on IBM's new revolutionary Cell

Damn, the enemy within. I can't believe they've infiltrated IBM. Is nowhere safe?

um?

[ikea5]

movie-quality games with blazing-speed graphics.

I think I've heard of this line couple year back, sometime before or around PS2's lunch date possiblly.

Re:um?

[Anonymous Coward]

Lunch dates with your PS2? I think you have a lot more to worry about than Sony talk...

Why make movies into games!?

[Anonymous Coward]

Who wants to develop games that are the quality of holywood movies...?

PS3 Un*x

[Neo-Rio-101]

I guess we will be seeing Cell in servers at some point as well, though not as cheap as in a PS3.
Sony probably won't want anyone to run Linux on the PS3, lest geeks start cranking out PS3 server farms, but hopefully Sony will leave enough backdoors so can we can see the PS3 run Linux (or FreeBSD, or some beta OpenSolaris distro). Knoppix running on the PS3 just about removes the need for a home computer.

Hopefully Sony will create such a backdoor. I mean if they can screw up with a rootkit...
*ducks*

Magic Beans!

[Rydia]

I hear it also will cure cancer! Go Sony!

Re:oh really?

[Jesus_666]

No, it's true. PS3 games will boast graphics on the same level as the cyberspace scenes in Johnny Mnemonic, sound as good as the effects in the original Star Trek series, acting on par with the Bloodrayne movie, physics whose quality matches that of those in The Core and the same kind of high-quality writing found in masterpieces like Plan 9 From Outer Space, Manos: The Hands of Fate or Toxic Avenger.

Yes, the Cell chip even changes the writing of the game, it's that good.