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more about #ibm Altima NEO: Im pretty sure its more about the other uses for Cell. It was supposed to be a wondrous magical processor to power all sorts of devices. What happene... more » Odin: It'd be just plain dumb of Sony if they didn't have a contractual agreement with IBM for a chip supply throughout the PS3s lifetime. more » nipsen: ..ok. So today, reading the comments, I have learned that the Cell-processor is perhaps going to be made for the ps3. But that Sony will not use it in... more » kainzero: i never understood why gamers particularly care about the processor when they don't do any programming related to it more » mcmurder: Bbbbbut I thought it was a supercomputer!!! I like how Sony's original Playstation kicked the crap out of the Saturn because it was way easier to pro... more » royaljester: If Sony plays their cards right, they'll just do what they did with the PS2 and original PS3 and stick a PS3 chip inside the PS4 for backwards compata... more » shades_of_blue: Of course IBM will continue to make them. IBM has all of the rights to CELL now, meaning that they can charge Sony whatever they like for PS3 processo... more » christill: I suppose if Sony had gone with another processor for PS3 there wouldn't have been so many ports of 360 games with various bugs. Then again, I still l... more » NeöStarr: Favali sells SPE cells to the SCEA store. Try saying that 5 times fast. more » adinnieken: Fahey, I don't think the question has ever been of supply. Sony and Toshiba have a manufacturing facility for this purpose. However, the question an... more » Ackers thanks Brian Ashcraft: The cell was so powerful it killed itself! more » Golgari: That Cell Processor made Sony's 2007 year of idiots around the internet. I hope Sony will not utilize next gen Cell Processor from IBM. Or atleast th... more » Earthjade: So while the Cell will be made as long as Sony needs PS3s, it means the Cell is deadend technology? more » kickingtotalass: No 2nd generation cell? = Judgement day avoided. more » deanbmmv: Well anyone who read it properly would see it jsut said they were going to stop developing Cell processors. Didn't say they we're going to stop makin... more » hot_heart: I hope they don't cell out more » excel_excel: Thats....er....good? We could always use more cells. more » Not_The_Messiah: I read on engadget something about "hybrid" being the future. Perhaps a crossover between the cell architecture and the x86 architecture? more » someone_else: I would assume that Sony has a contract with IBM, and no doubt that somewhere in this contract there is a clause stating the minimum period of time th... more » One Man Freak Show: I wasn't even aware they were still around. I remember getting old IBM computers running on DOS all the time as a kid before we had enough money to bu... more » -
#ibm
IBM: We'll Keep Making Cell Processors As Long As Sony Needs Them
Rumors are circulating today about the death of IBM's Cell processor, which powers Sony's PlayStation 3. Kotaku spoke to IBM about the fate of the Cell and its commitment to the PlayStation 3.
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#disturbanceintheworkforce
Thousands Of Jobs Lost, Very Quietly, At IBM
An estimated 4000 IBM employees have been laid off in the last week, as the company adjusts to the current way of the world. Why do we care? Because IBM make a lot of stuff. More » -
#blizzard
IBM: World of Warcraft Is Good
It's a seesaw. Somedays playing World of Warcraft is good, good, good. Somedays it's bad, bad, bad. What about today? -
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#thefunneverstops
IBM Announces Business "Game" Innov8
Of all companies who develop software, we didn't wake up this morning expecting to hear about a new "serious game" from IBM. Called Innov8 (see what they did with the clever phonetics?), universities around the world have access to download the title to better educate students. So what exactly is the game? We can't quite tell. It looks like The Sims meets some theoretical Office Tycoon. But the goal is to "develop a combination of business and information technology (IT) skills." While it's sure to be at least a small plug for IBM technological solutions and we generally prefer watching our Sims peeing themselves over developing networking solutions, it might beat reading textbooks. Was anyone out there part of 30 university beta? More »
