Rich Fiscus
7 Nov 2007 23:47
Despite assurances from company spokesmen that all is going according to plan for Sony's gaming division, the company is apparently considering getting out of the gaming CPU business entirely.
In September Sony announced that they would be selling the manufacturing facility where PS3 CPUs are built to Toshiba, but indicated that they intended to remain involved in related research with partners Toshiba and IBM. Plans currently under consideration would have them withdrawing completely from the alliance responsible for creation of the PS3's Cell processor.
Sony spokesman Tomio Takizawa said the company "is in talks with IBM and Toshiba to review the project." He added "Given the sale plan, it would be unreasonable for us to continue research on manufacturing technologies."
Source: Yahoo News