Toshiba on Sony: We’ll beat you in the Cell race
Whenever we talk about the technical aspects of our beloved PlayStation 3, we definitely cannot and should not miss its cell processor. Sony has always maintained that they actually plan to use this on a variety of applications.
While its usage is confined within the console for now, the company confirmed that these other applications will be available on the early parts of 2008. But now, Toshiba seems to leap out of nowhere and mentions that it will beat Sony in marketing consumer electronics devices containing the said microprocessor.
It is no less than Yoshihide Fujii himself, President and CEO of Toshiba’s Digital Media Network Company, who reiterated and highlighted that they are planning to do the same with the chip. Furthermore, Fujii mentioned that their time line is actually the same as that of Sony’s but they will try to unveil products as early as late 2007. He will not, however, divulge what types of products or applications Toshiba is eyeing for the Cell chip.
Currently, known applications of the said processor include high-definition digital video and possible uses could be in TV sets and video recorders.
Via MacWorld
Whenever we talk about the technical aspects of our beloved PlayStation 3, we definitely cannot and should not miss its cell processor. Sony has always maintained that they actually plan to use this on a variety of applications.
While its usage is confined within the console for now, the company confirmed that these other applications will be available on the early parts of 2008. But now, Toshiba seems to leap out of nowhere and mentions that it will beat Sony in marketing consumer electronics devices containing the said microprocessor.
It is no less than Yoshihide Fujii himself, President and CEO of Toshiba’s Digital Media Network Company, who reiterated and highlighted that they are planning to do the same with the chip. Furthermore, Fujii mentioned that their time line is actually the same as that of Sony’s but they will try to unveil products as early as late 2007. He will not, however, divulge what types of products or applications Toshiba is eyeing for the Cell chip.
Currently, known applications of the said processor include high-definition digital video and possible uses could be in TV sets and video recorders.
Via MacWorld