kudos to Sony. time to crush the xbox

The new cell chips have my digital mouth watering. Can't wait 'til desktop computers are using them, or something technologically equivalent or superior.

I can't wait for this thing to come out. I wonder what it will look like or what the specs will be. I feel like I'm talking about a car!

i dont understand the cell chips, someone should explain em to me,

i dont think psp is going to work. i like the idea, but its wayyyyy to expensive for average people to buy it, i dont think many people will want it.

Toiletman posted this link to the cell chip in another news article. It is damn impressive what it can do

http://ps2.gamespy.com/articles/585/585956p1.html

It is small enough to fit in cell phones, yet powerful enough to run home computers. Speeds up to 4 Ghz, 8 seperate processing cores, multi-operating system capable.

actually, speeds even faster than 4Ghz!
this thing sounds awesome and the technology is simply stunning.

its kinda eery. its reminds me of the processor chip from Terminator 2...it seems like such a leap in technology that its from the future or something

i hope this will be the future of PCs. as long as they make them affordable in time.

yeah, i agree with you punx777. THe psp is too expensive. I read somewhere the reason it's so expensive is because they saw how many people got those mini Ipods for $249, and, if you think about it, it's just a mp3 player with 4 gigs. So they thought, if apple can sell a 4 gig mp3 player for that price, we should sell the psp that can play games, and movies, and music, for that price. Otherwise they would have sold it for $199, as the rumors said initially.

yet another reason to never buy an iPod...

my thoughts exactly...

The big problem with the chip is that it costed twice as much to manufacture as the AMD 64 and P4EE, yet will only reach speeds of less than 5 gig. It does possess great power however once those mechanisms are in reach it is questioned how the cell will be cooled because it is rumored to run twice as hot as any Intel chip. In 2 years Sony will need to be reconstructing the chip just like Intel and AMD do with theres. Weather that is good or bad is yet to be seen.

nah, they will probably develop some new form of cooling that will be subject to skepticism at first, but then prove to be highly efficient.

in another article I read Sony did claim that their processor will be entirely air-cooled, for the PS3 anyways.

yeah, I saw that too. I was thinking of future PC implementation.

very true. I'm sure when its used in PCs it will be more heavily utilized, and therefore need some other cooling system. I would like to see Sony create a nice freon system or something. Like a computer inside a refridgerator type thing.

that would be cool. or something where it is suspended in fluid...