Sony, IBM, and Toshiba Reveal Additional Details on Cell Chip
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Initial versions of PlayStation 3 chip will not be produced with a cutting-edge chip-making technology. The four companies developing the Cell consumer electronics microprocessor released a few more details
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IBM IBM.N, Sony Corp. 6758.T and  Toshiba Corp. 6502.T on Monday unveilled plans for a powerful  new "Cell" processor they are jointly producing to run  next-generation computers, game consoles and televisions.
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New nonsilicon transistors could be integrated into existing chip-making processes.
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(InfoWorld) - The Cell processor sits at the heart of a high-performance computer from IBM and the PlayStation 3,Â and now Toshiba Corp. wants to put that power into mobile devices and cell phones. A roadmap for the processor on display by Toshiba at this week's Ceatec show in Japan shows a more powerful version of the chip under development for 2007. While details of the chip were not available, a source close to Toshiba said that the new device will be manufactured using more advanced 65-nanometer production technology. The current chips are being made on a 90-nanometer line and the switch will mean lower power consumption and increased performance. Looking further ahead the roadmap calls for further increases in power between next year and the end of the decade. At the same time "mid-class" versions of the processor are also envisaged for 2008 and beyond and a mobile version in 2010. The Cell chip is the product of a joint development project by Toshiba, IBM, Sony Corp. and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI). Each chip contains a main processor and eight sub-processors to deliver about 200G Flops (floating point operations per second) of power. It will make its consumer debut next month when SCEI puts the PlayStation 3 on sale in Japan and the U.S. but Toshiba has plans for the chip in other parts of the living room. "As the first application we are focused on the consumer electronics area such as media servers or something like that but Cell itself is not restricted to that area," said Mitsuo Saito, chief fellow at Toshiba's semiconductor company and one of the key creators of the chip, in an interview at Ceatec. "Maybe other partners are going onto the very high-end. We are focusing on the low power area. One is for more mobile types of applications such as small games or some mobile phone-like systems," he said. When the Cell partners disclosed details of the chip in 2004 both Toshiba and Sony said they planned to put the device into consumer electronics products by 2006. Toshiba said its plans have been delayed but remain very much in-place while Sony said it is currently concentrating on getting the Cell into the PlayStation 3 and will look at other uses once the games console is launched. Toshiba's Saito said the three partners are also collaborating on the software side so that Cell-based software won't end up tied to specific versions of the chip. "Also, maybe the most important thing is to have collaboration, he said. "Each type of Cell has to have the same basis of software so for this purpose we are doing a lot of effort to centralize software from the very small Cell to the very large one to have a uniform world. It's our plan to expand to that kind of area. That is a very important aspect so we are collaborating together, three companies, to enhance the Cell world." Â  Additional reporting by Sumner Lemon.
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IBM and Sony powered-on the much hyped &quot;Cell&quot;-processor and used the opportunity to provide a few details about the chip.
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Presentato il cuore delle console di prossima generazioneSi chiama "The Cell" e vuole insidiare il predominio di Intel                                                  Il chip della futura PlayStation potente come un supercomputer                                                                                                  Lo produrrÃ  un consorzio formato da Ibm, Sony e Toshiba
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IBM, Sony and Toshiba unveiled some of the key concepts of their jointly developed advanced microprocessor, code-named Cell, which is aimed at next-generation computing applications and digital consumer electronics.
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A new chip-making technology that uses a special kind of electron microscope to draw the circuits and will lead to better memory chips.
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Researchers say proof-of-concept chip is 10 times more efficient than chips in current cell phones.
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One of SonyÃ¢â¬â¢s senior executives, Executive Deputy President Yutaka Nakagawa, is quoted by several US and Asian press sources as saying that, in the interest of finding cost savings, his company is considering exiting the production end of the Cell processor business. Cell processors are produced by an alliance between Sony, IBM, and Toshiba.
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THE CELL CHIP which is the basis for the Playstation 3 will go into limited production next year, said IBM and Sony. It won&#39;t go into mass production until 2006, but IBM will show off the chip at a chip conference in February next year.
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What it's doing with the PS3 processor CES Toshiba used the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to explain why it plans to incorporate the PlayStation 3's Cell processor into future LCD TV products.â¦
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Chip maker likely is making way for new products.
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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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IBM (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , Sony Corp. (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and Toshiba Corp. (6502.T: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday unveilled plans for a powerful new &quot;Cell
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