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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: Bossieman on March 12, 2001, 11:57:15 AM

Title: IBM not doing the PS3
Post by: Bossieman on March 12, 2001, 11:57:15 AM: Please read.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/story.cfm?sid=2337
Title: IBM not doing the PS3
Post by: fastson on March 12, 2001, 12:06:48 PM: Skulle inte AMD göra PS3s processor?????

:D
Title: IBM not doing the PS3
Post by: Bossieman on March 12, 2001, 12:10:12 PM: Jag vet inte, kom bara ihåg att det var ett inlägg här om PS3 och spekulationer om att någon skulle göra PS3:an.
Tänkte bara informera om att PS3 är Top secret fortfarande.
Title: IBM not doing the PS3
Post by: fastson on March 12, 2001, 12:40:49 PM: Jupp!

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Title: IBM not doing the PS3
Post by: jm on March 12, 2001, 01:38:44 PM: English translation please?:)

jm
Title: wtf
Post by: Chic on March 12, 2001, 02:01:22 PM: PS3!?!?! Good God the PS2 is only just come out can you not make do with that???
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Title: IBM not doing the PS3
Post by: nO-One on March 12, 2001, 02:08:21 PM: Bossie,Fastson don\'t make throw some Icelantic at ya.
And Fastson both the IBM thing and the AMD thing were just rumours,but both of them would be great at developing the EE.2.
Title: IBM not doing the PS3
Post by: Evi on March 12, 2001, 02:43:21 PM: The PS2 has been out since March of \'99. Sony comes out with a new system usually every 5-6 years. Don\'t be so shocked. They\'re building chip-fabricating facilities from the money made from PS2 sales to make the PS3 (If it\'ll even be called that when it comes out). That\'s sad that IBM doesn\'t want to make the chip for PS3. Maybe AMD or NVidia will (yeah right). I\'m sure everything will turn out all right, so don\'t sweat it so much.

~Peace Out~
Title: IBM not doing the PS3
Post by: on March 12, 2001, 07:28:40 PM: Sony seeking the help of IBM is (well, I bet it is) a direct response from the Xbox. They are probaly seeing the good reviews developers are giving the Xbox and decided to re-think their strategy of designing the PS3 chip themselves.
Title: IBM not doing the PS3
Post by: ddaryl on March 12, 2001, 07:35:15 PM: Naw I don\'t think it has anything to do with XBox or competition in general

Sony will still creat EE3 and GS3, but IBM will help them produce the processes and other technologies.

I think Sony is just interested in making the very best technology possible and isn\'t afraid to bring in partners.

Although the added competition of Xbox definetly makes Sony more ambitous which is what I said the whole time

added competition is going to push the industry further faster.
Title: IBM not doing the PS3
Post by: SonyFan on March 12, 2001, 08:35:28 PM: Here\'s an artical streight from the horses mouth (IBM.com) that explains what probably started these rumors in the first place.

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Sony Computer Entertainment, Toshba Corp. and IBM are joining to research and develop an advanced chip architecture for a new wave of devices in the emerging broadband era.

The companies will invest more than $400 million in the next five years to design a "supercomputer-on-a-chip" at a development center within an IBM facility in Austin, Texas.

Code-named "Cell," the new microchips will employ the world\'s most advanced research technologies and chip-making techniques, including copper wires, silicon-on-insulator transistors and low-K dielectric insulation, with features smaller than 0.10 microns -- 1,000 times thinner than a human hair.

The result will be consumer devices that are more powerful than IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer, operate at low power and access the broadband Internet at ultra high speeds. Cell will be designed to deliver "teraflops" of processing power.

Each company will manufacture the product for a variety of consumer applications.

"We\'re defining the next era of computing, providing the technology that will bring computer intelligence and network access to a wide array of consumer electronics," said Dr. John Kelly, senior vice president and group executive for the IBM Technology Group. "As a result, IBM’s advanced chip technologies are in more demand than ever. We expect a considerable portion of our new, state-of-the-art 300 mm wafer manufacturing facility in Fishkill, N.Y. , to be dedicated to this product."

The expansion of ultra high-speed broadband networks, coupled with advancements in semiconductor technology, is making possible a whole new range of products and services that use the Internet as a source of entertainment, information and communication. These new chips from Sony, IBM and Toshiba will enable global communication through the broadband network.

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Then again, let\'s not forget how IBM\'s latest models of PC\'s bear a striking resemblance to the Playstation2. Really, I think some people just read a little too far into what little information was available. Sony designed the PS2 archectechre to last two or three generations of hardware, but maybe there\'s hope for the Playstation 4 or 5?
Title: IBM not doing the PS3
Post by: ddaryl on March 12, 2001, 08:44:32 PM: Well after reading that, it seems to me that IBM, Toshiba and Sony are working on revolutionizing the way we connect to the internet along with the uses and capabilities that go along with it

By having these 3 big boys teaming up they can gain a very wide acceptance of there technology very fast leaving comeptitors scurrying to compete

"A super computer on a chip more powerful then IBM\'s Big Blue. Capable of teraflops of "processing power"
WOW!!