Sony continues to shed chip responsibilities
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Nov 7th 2007 4:56AM
posted Nov 7th 2007 4:56AM
Although they inked a 5-year deal back in January 2006, Sony is bailing on at least part of its commitment to the development of chips with 32-nanometer (or less) circuitry. The research required to developed the manufacturing technology now rests squarely on the shoulders of Toshiba and IBM. A move which certainly makes sense now that Tosh has manufacturing responsibility for Sony's Cell processor. Sony will continue to assist with "the design work" and making post-lunch runs to Starbucks.
Good decision for Sony.
What's sony?
oh yeah, it's that company that made those casette-tape players in the 80's. yeah I had one.
"A move which certainly makes sense"
A change of pace, Sony? ;)
I kid, I kid. It's nice to hear that Sony still knows how to make smart decisions. I really want them to do well in... whatever market this relates to. If it's the console market, so much the better.
Anyone else think it's real weird having your competitors design your chips? I mean, what's stopping them from you know, rigging thangs?
Would you buy lemonade from the adorable kids down the street if you found out they pissed in the school bully's drink?
Take it from someone who works on-site where the 32nm development is taking place ... there are no nearby Starbucks stores. There is a Dunkin Donuts, however.
Hopewell?
I can't believe how Engadget managed to skew the article. Nowhere does the article (from InfoTech) say: "Sony is bailing on at least part of its commitment to the development of chips with 32-nanometer (or less) circuitry".
Sony is going to continue to design the 32nm chips with Toshiba and IBM. They are not going to design the **manufacturing process** for those chips. That's 2 different things all together! Geeze.