COO of Sony dissing PC architecture while hyping "Cell"

[Gannon]

CNN Money

"In the future, all forms of digital content will be converged and fused onto the broadband network," Ken Kutaragi, executive deputy president and COO of Sony, said in the release. "Current PC architecture is nearing its limits."

 

[jpeyton]

"In the future, all forms of digital content will be converged and fused onto the broadband network,"

...and then SkyNet will go online, becoming self-aware.

 

[cheesehead]

And pigs will fly, and Rabbis the world over will share their RPG's with the palestinians and shoot them all down, and have a great feast of flash-cooked bacon.

And remember this: In 2001, when the "10x the power" spec was released, a 800mhz P3 was top-of-the-line. A 4x 1.6 Ghz Xeon MP box is nothing terribly special nowadays in terms of perofrmance. It looks more like it's going to fill the spot of IBM's competitor Motorola's ARM-x line of microprocessors, which power routers and gameboys the world over. This may have applications as a coprocessor, though; a PCI-E card with one or more of these connected to a Power5 machine might be what IBM is intending to do.

 

[SportSC4]

sony is doing what sony does best.

lots of talk.

 

[cheesehead]

If you stop to think for a minute, though, these might propel IBM to the number-one manufacturer of small CPUs. Between Microsoft's contract with Big Blue for stripped-down Power5's for the Xbox, Nintendo's contract for the Gekko processors found in GameCubes, and Sony's intent to use the Cell in their latest console, IBM will have cornered the market for video game machines. This processor looks to be pretty adaptable, too; you might find it in a portable media center or inexpensive PVR. And if they do put it into use as a coprocessor, workstations and servers will gain a huge boost in computing power.

 

[Gurck]

Originally posted by: SportSC4
sony is doing what sony does best.

lots of talk.

That's third-best, best is screwing up while f*cking customers is a close second...

 

[Triforceofcourage]

Sony with their overpriced and overhyped products. I always opt to buy my electronics from different companies

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

"In the future, all forms of digital content will be converged and fused onto the broadband network,"

...and then SkyNet will go online, becoming self-aware.

:Q

 

[herkulease]

more crack from Sony.

I see it possible japan, korea and other countries in the world who invest heavily in fiber connections.

but the US? when I win the lottery. We're too occupied milking out every line possible before moving on.

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: BW86

Originally posted by: jpeyton

"In the future, all forms of digital content will be converged and fused onto the broadband network,"

...and then SkyNet will go online, becoming self-aware.

:Q

:laugh: