Sony to Sell Its PlayStation Chip-Making Unit
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The electronics giant plans to sell its operations for making microchips used in its PlayStation game console to Toshiba, pulling back from the heavy investment needed.
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Sony will cut spending on semiconductor development, may outsource PS3 microprocessor.
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Sony's PlayStation 3 is going to do for video games what the microwave did for leftovers.
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TOKYO - Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) will roll out in Japan a handheld video game system on Dec. 12 called PlayStation Portable (PSP), priced at Â¥19,800, or about $185.
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Sony announces new functionality for both its PS3 and PSP gaming hardware.
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AMD chips in Los Alamos lab's Roadrunner system to be augmented with the PlayStation's processing brains.
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The chip giant has announced plans to buy a developer of digital-media creation software and services.
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Sony revealed new details Monday on the chip that will power the next version of its PlayStation video game machine and said development is on track to deliver products based on the chip next year.
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Sony Corp sold 1.2 million PlayStation 3 video game consoles in North America over the holiday season, the company said on Sunday.
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Watch out, Nvidia, here comes... er... SpursEngine Toshiba will next week formally announce a processor based on the Cell chip that sits inside each Sony PlayStation 3 games console. The new CPU will be pitched not only at consumer electronics kit but set head-to-head with today's PC and Mac graphics chips.â¦
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Sony Corp. said Thursday it will release the PlayStation Portable in North America on March 24 and have 1 million units ready for sale in the first week.
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NEW YORK, December 8  - Sony Corp (SNE.NYS) named NVIDIA yesterday as the supplier of the graphics chips required for its upcoming Playstation 3 video game console.
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Consolation prize? Sony today re-iterated its plan to sell its Cell processor chip factory to Toshiba, which will pay Â¥90bn ($835m) for the facility.â¦
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The chip in Sony's initial PS3 versions that enables backward compatibility with older PlayStation games, called the "Emotion Engine," will be eliminated from the structure of new 80GB units, which go on sale in August.
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Some details of the highly-anticipated advanced microprocessor, code-named Cell, which is expected to power the PlayStation 3, have been released by the three firms responsible for the chip&#39;s development - IBM, Sony and Toshiba.
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Sony will sell a special edition of its PlayStation 3 console in Japan in January to mark the launch of the "Devil May Cry 4" computer game.
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Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. said Wednesday it will release its PlayStation Portable game console in Japan on Dec. 12 at a price of 20,790 yen, surprising many who had expected it to cost far more.