http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/ Engadget Comments for IBM and friends spice up CELL: 6GHz and 65nm right around the corner http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/Jan 4th 2007 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/Jan 4th 2007 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/
Besides, IBMs update schedule is far slower than Apple's or Intel's, meaning that a (lack of) chip development would seriously slow Apple's growth in the market.]]>Jan 4th 2007 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/
2 PPEs (2-PowerPC cores)
32 SPEs (32 SPE Cores)
45nm SOI
~ 1TFLOPs
2010

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/5576/cellroadmapxk3.jpg
http://www.ppcnux.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6666

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a 65nm based PS3 will seriously reduce the losses Sony make on the PS3, allowing a cheaper pricepoint or consumers.]]>Jan 4th 2007 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/>The CELL processor has nothing to do with Bluray. The only connection between the two technology is that the PS3 uses both of them. Hoping that better CELL processors would lead to cheaper Bluray players is like hoping a more powerful internal combustion engine would lead to cheaper satellite radio.

Actually both Sony and Toshiba are planning on using the cell as a decoder for Blu-ray/HD-DVD players. The reason is quite simple, they need cheap mass-produced processor that can decode Mpeg2/Mpeg4 H.264/VC-1 at 1920x0180 resolution in realtime.]]>Jan 4th 2007 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/Jan 4th 2007 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/
a 65nm based PS3 will seriously reduce the losses Sony make on the PS3, allowing a cheaper pricepoint or consumers.]]>Jan 4th 2007 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/Jan 4th 2007 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/Jan 4th 2007 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/
I wonder how the Cell Yield is doing these days.]]>Jan 4th 2007 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/Jan 4th 2007 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/
sources: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20050517041438.html
(PS3 & Cell)
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20061226101150.html
(MS & Chartered)]]>Jan 5th 2007 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/Jan 5th 2007 2:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/
These are the specs that will make a console last 10 years

PS3 xbox 360 zephyr
blu-ray/ hd-dvd drive blu-ray/ hd-dvd
hdmi port ATI R600 based graphics
wi-fi for all models built in wi-fi
512 MiB or 1GB of Rambus XDR DRAM 120 gb hd
6 GHZ cell processor 65mm 65 mm tri-core 4 GHZ
New RSX graphics card based on a 8900 GTX instead of the hdmi crappy 7800 GTX
PS3's RAM is only 256 MB. That's not a lot of RAM especially if you are going to run linix on the ps3. 512 MB minimum and 1 - 2 GB's of RAM would be appreciated. ]]>Jan 5th 2007 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/
These are the specs that will make a console last 10 years

PS3 SE second edition
blu-ray/ hd-dvd drive
hdmi 1.3a port
wi-fi for all models
512 MiB or 1GB of Rambus XDR DRAM
6 GHZ cell processor 65mm
New RSX graphics card based on a 8900 GTX instead of the crappy 7800 GTX

XBOX 360 codename: ZEPHYR
blu-ray/ hd-dvd drive
hdmi 1.3a port
built in wi-fi for all models
4 GHZ tri-core 65 mm processor
New graphics card based on the ATI R600
Quiet Fan
- These specs will make both companys microsoft and sony a lot of dough. Both companys should make the hardware for next line of ps3's and xbox 360's upgrade compatible. Making the hardware upgrade compatible like that of a pc will allow gamers to take out there old 360 or ps3 graphics card and put in a new one when the company creates them.
PS3's RAM is only 256 MB. That's not a lot of RAM especially if you are going to run linix on the ps3. 512 MB minimum and 1 - 2 GB's of RAM would be appreciated. With these]]>Jan 5th 2007 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/04/ibm-and-friends-spice-up-cell-6ghz-and-65nm-right-around-the-co/
These are the specs that will make a console last 10 years

PS3 SE second edition
blu-ray - hd-dvd combo drive/ hdmi 1.3a port/ wi-fi for all models/ 512 MiB or 1GB of Rambus XDR DRAM/6 GHZ cell processor 65mm/ New RSX graphics card based on nVidia's upcoming 8900 GTX instead of the crappy 7800 GTX/ *Hardware upgrade compatibility


XBOX 360 codename: ZEPHYR
blu-ray - hd-dvd combo drive/ hdmi 1.3a port/ built in wi-fi for all models/ 4 GHZ tri-core 65 mm processor/ New graphics card based on the ATI R600/
Quiet Fan/ *Hardware upgrade compatibility


- These specs will make both companys microsoft and sony a lot of dough. Both companys should make the hardware for next line of ps3's and xbox 360's upgrade compatible. Making the hardware upgrade compatible like that of a pc will allow gamers to take out there old 360 or ps3 graphics card and put in a new one when the company creates them.
PS3's RAM is only 256 MB. That's not a lot of RAM especially if you are going to run linix on the ps3. 512 MB minimum and 1 - 2 GB's of RAM would be appreciated. With these]]>Jan 5th 2007 11:47PM