IEEE Spectrum On The PS3 Learning Curve

An anonymous reader writes "The Insomniacs is the cover article in the December issue of IEEE Spectrum, discussing developers ramping up to the PS3 hardware. The article features Insomniac Games, who developed the PS3 launch title Resistance: Fall of Man. Despite mixed reports in the press, the Insomniac folks are delighted to be working with Sony's technology, and describe the process of helping to make or break a console launch." From the article: "Despite the delays, there's something inside the PS3 that burnished Sony's reputation as a hardware company. The heart of the machine is the powerful new Cell Broadband Engine microprocessor. Developed over the last five years by Sony, IBM, and Toshiba on a reported budget of $400 million, the Cell is not just another chip: it is a giant leap beyond the current generation of computer processors into a nextgen muscle machine optimized for multimedia tasks."

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Oh man....

[Pojut]

"...the Cell is not just another chip: it is a giant leap beyond the current generation of computer processors into a nextgen muscle machine optimized for multimedia tasks."

Anyone else react the same way I did?

Fox News is now spinning CPU development?

Re:Oh man....

[steveo777]

That's okay. They said the same thing about the Emotion engine years ago and everyone found out exactly how life-like all those images were when they fired up Evergrace the first time. (oh, and if you haven't played it, save yourself the trouble and light firecrackers in both ears so you'll never hear again, next gouge your eyes out with rusty scalpels... trust me it would be a lot more fun)

Serious problems? I should say so.

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Yeah, I sure do - it's about good news for the PS3.

That can't be right.