Sony Discloses Details on Computer Chip
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Yoshihide Fujii, president and chief executive officer of Tokyoba Digital Media Network Co., speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Monday, Nov. 29, 2004.
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Details of the chip designed to power Sony's PlayStation 3 console will be released on Monday.
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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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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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IBM is the first PC manufacturer to use a National Semiconductor chip that stores a PC&#39;s identity in silicon to avert hackers by safeguarding passwords and other sensitive identity information.
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(InfoWorld) - Toshiba on Thursday revealed a new high-performance chip aimed at multimedia applications such as video processing in consumer devices. The new chip, called SpursEngine, uses cores derived from theÂ Cell microprocessor, which was developed with Sony and IBM. Toshiba plans to show off the capabilities of the new chip in laptop PCs to be unveiled at the CEATEC Japan 2007 technology trade show at Makuhari Messe, which starts Oct. 2. The company will demonstrate the stream processor's capabilities in 3D image processing and manipulation. In rendering changes to an image of a face, the chip can immediately transform hair styles, make-up, and change facial expressions, position and angle in video and render the changes as computer graphics, Toshiba said in a statement. The SpursEngine works alongside a microprocessor to process video streams, recognize and process images, and tackle other multimedia chores. The multicore chip uses Toshiba's own image processing technology. The prototype of the SpursEngine operates at 1.5GHz and consumes 10 to 20 watts of power. It usesÂ Rambus' XDR DRAM memoryÂ due to high data transfer rates required by multimedia applications.The company plans to market SpursEngine after the CEATEC trade show finishes. Toshiba has already started developing products using the processors, and will sell the chips to other companies for use in their products as well. Development of the Cell microprocessor architecture started early this decade to create a new processor with expanded multimedia processing capabilities. Its first major commercial success was inÂ Sony's PlayStation 3Â game console.
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Sony announced that, in partnership with IBM and Toshiba, it is working on developing a Cell chip, which is designed to deliver high-definition content in an efficient manner.
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Medical milestone or privacy invasion? A tiny computer chip approved Wednesday for implantation in a patient's arm can speed vital information about a patient's medical history to doctors and hospitals. But critics warn that it could open new ways to imperil the confidentiality of medical records.
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When IBM gave a sneak peek at its new Cell microprocessor this week, it was short on specifics about what it calls a supercomputer on a chip. But details are leaking out thanks to a recent patent awarded to IBM and Big Blue's own disclosures for an upcoming conference.
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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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IBM , Sony Corp. (6758.T) and Toshiba Corp. (6502.T) on Monday revealed their plans for the powerful new "Cell" processor the three are jointly producing to run next-generation computers, game consoles and televisions.
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Toshiba earmarked to gobble firm's chip biz Sony could be set for a big chip payday by backing away from its semiconductor biz and selling it off to Toshiba, if industry rumours prove correct.â¦
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It looks like a partnership between AMD, IBM, Sony and Toshiba has produced a new technology which allows faster transistor speeds with the same energy consumption.
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IBM IBM.N, Sony Corp. 6758.T and  Toshiba Corp. 6502.T on Monday revealed their plans for the  powerful new "Cell" processor the three are jointly producing  to run next-generation computers, game consoles and  televisions.
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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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Upcoming chips will lead to relatively inexpensive hardware, company says.
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PlayStation 3 graphics chip will also be available for Sony digital consumer products.