New book from IBMers: Sony suckered into funding Xbox chip (Ars Technica)
A new book by two of the IBM engineers behind the Playstation 3's Cell gives the behind-the-scenes story of how two rival consoles ended up sharing much of the same technology. Read More...
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Reviews of Sony ‘Home' and Alienware gaming PC (PhysOrg)
"Home"? seems like a project that everybody at Sony was afraid to cancel. Given how long the nebulous social-networking program has been in development and how much money Sony undoubtedly poured into it, it's not surprising that "Home" was launched....
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New Book Explains How Sony Unknowingly Helped Microsoft (Overclockers Club)
In 2001, Sony partnered with Toshiba and IBM to create the Cell processor for its upcoming PlayStation 3 console. Sony wanted a brand new processing architecture, so the three companies committed themselves to spending $400 million over five years to design the Cell, not to mention the additional costs of building two production facilities. The target launch date for the PlayStation 3 was ...
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Report: Sony's Cell Dev Cost $400 Million, Aided Microsoft Tech (Gamasutra)
The development of the PlayStation 3's much-discussed Cell chip cost Sony and its partners five years and $400 million dollars -- and Microsoft then worked with IBM to snag some of the development fruits and none of the failures for its own console's processor, claims a new book written by the Cell's leading engineers. The Wall Street Journal reports on a new book by two leading figures in the ...
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Iomega aims at TVs with home server (The Register)
Backs up PCs and plays digital media files Iomega has announced a home storage and media server that backs up files on connected PCs and plays digital media content to connected output devices.…
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