PS3 Chip Trials Set To Begin
Posted by simoniker on Thursday December 11, @02:47PM
from the teeny-tiny-power dept.
Thanks to GamePro for their news story regarding Toshiba and Sony's imminent trial production of semiconductor chips that will be the precursor to the Cell chip that's expected to be used in the PlayStation 3. According to the article, "...the trial production of sample chips using the 65-nanometer (one nanometer is a billionth of a meter) technology will begin in 2004... [but] commercial production is not expected to begin until the first half of Toshiba's 2005 fiscal year, which is from April to 2005." Gamesindustry.biz notes that this is "...just about in time to supply components for Sony's PlayStation 3 launch at the end of 2005, if that is indeed the plan."
^^ The PS3 wont even be considered to ship until the end of 2005, and I doubt they will even make that deadline (hell, the PS2 was first slated to be released in '98 ). We got quite awhile to go. I suspect that Microsoft is keeping quiet about the technology they will be using in Xbox 2.0. Should be very suprising to see what they reveal.
Anyway, just sit tight and play those great new games that have been released (and will soon be released). You got quite a wait.