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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Nvidia will supply the graphics chip for the successor to the PlayStation 2 games console being developed by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI), the companies announced on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK -- Sony Corp. on Thursday cut the price of its PlayStation 3 game console in the U.S. and announced an even cheaper model that will arrive before the holiday shopping season.
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Sony Corp (6758.T) said on Wednesday it  will sell its microchip production facilities in western Japan  to Toshiba Corp (6502.T) for 90 billion yen ($835 million), in  their latest move to focus on their core businesses.
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TOKYO - Sony Corp. is selling its advanced computer chip operations to Toshiba Corp. , a Sony official said today, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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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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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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Cell, RSX production transferred Sony is to sell the chip manufacturing plant it currently uses to produce Cell processors for the PlayStation 3 games console to Toshiba, part of a scheme that will see the two Japanese giants create an Â¥100m ($858,000) chip-making joint-venture.â¦
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Sony Corp. (6758.T) on Friday cut  the price of its new game machine PlayStation 3 by 20 percent  in Japan, in a surprise move that will attract more customers  but likely widen losses in its game division.
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boarder8925 writes &quot;The Register posted an article today that detailed the PlayStation Portable&#39;s chip specs. The CPU will run at up to 333MHz, and its frontside bus at up to 166MHz.
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Tokyo, Dec. 7 (Jiji Press)--Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. said Tuesday it is developing a graphics processor with Nvidia Corp. of the United States for its planned new video game console.
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December 07, 2004 - In an announcement made around the midnight hour earlier this morning, Sony Computer Entertainment and NVIDIA Corporation jointly confirmed that they have teamed up to create the graphics chip for Sony&#39;s next videogame console.
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Sony announces new functionality for both its PS3 and PSP gaming hardware.
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Sony on Tuesday showed a smaller, book-sized PlayStation 2 that will go on sale worldwide next month and help the Japanese electronics giant cut costs as video-game consoles continue to drop in price.
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Sony, Sony Computer Entertainment, and Toshiba are forming a joint venture to manufacture the PS3's Cell processor and other high-end chips.
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Sony Corp. (6758.T) will cut back on  future chip spending and may not produce advanced "cell"  microchips used in its PlayStation 3 (PS3) game gear in-house  as it seeks better returns on its investments, a senior  executive said on Tuesday.
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Sony's game unit said Monday that it had sold 1.2 million PlayStation 3 video game consoles in North America during the key year-end holiday shopping season.