Deal or no deal? Sony denies selling Cell production to Toshiba
Just the other day, it was reported that Sony was supposedly undergoing some negotiations with Toshiba about selling their (Sony’s) microchip production facilities. Though the Cell microprocessor itself is developed by Sony, IBM, and Toshiba, it seems as if Sony wanted quits so they could, from our previous article, “focus on the production of other products such as image sensor chips in digital cameras and camcorders.”
It turns out that the news from Nikkei was nothing more than hearsay. Sony’s just denied the fact that a deal has been made between them and Toshiba. Sony spokesperson Tomio Takizawa said that “nothing has been concretely decided.”
It’s a vague statement, but if taken as is, we can simply glean that a deal hasn’t been struck… which doesn’t mean to say that there aren’t any deals going on either. Because Takaziwa refused to comment on whether or not Sony and Toshiba really were talking about it. He did, however, reassure everyone of the fact that Sony is exploring some new ways to make its chip-making business more streamlined.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the spectrum, Toshiba spokesperson Keisuke Omori commented that they “are considering various plans, but [they] cannot comment on individual cases.” Like Sony’s rep, the Toshiba spokesperson refused to talk about anything regarding the supposed deal we’ve heard of a few days ago.
Now who would have thought that genetically cloned Saiyans could cause so much fuss. But then again…
Via Associated Press
Just the other day, it was reported that Sony was supposedly undergoing some negotiations with Toshiba about selling their (Sony’s) microchip production facilities. Though the Cell microprocessor itself is developed by Sony, IBM, and Toshiba, it seems as if Sony wanted quits so they could, from our previous article, “focus on the production of other products such as image sensor chips in digital cameras and camcorders.”
It turns out that the news from Nikkei was nothing more than hearsay. Sony’s just denied the fact that a deal has been made between them and Toshiba. Sony spokesperson Tomio Takizawa said that “nothing has been concretely decided.”
It’s a vague statement, but if taken as is, we can simply glean that a deal hasn’t been struck… which doesn’t mean to say that there aren’t any deals going on either. Because Takaziwa refused to comment on whether or not Sony and Toshiba really were talking about it. He did, however, reassure everyone of the fact that Sony is exploring some new ways to make its chip-making business more streamlined.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the spectrum, Toshiba spokesperson Keisuke Omori commented that they “are considering various plans, but [they] cannot comment on individual cases.” Like Sony’s rep, the Toshiba spokesperson refused to talk about anything regarding the supposed deal we’ve heard of a few days ago.
Now who would have thought that genetically cloned Saiyans could cause so much fuss. But then again…
Via Associated Press
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