Ps3 Component Links

Sony "helped design" 360 processor News (EuroGamer)

A new book has revealed how Sony's huge investment in the PS3's Cell processing unit may have helped Microsoft develop the Xbox 360. The authors of the book, 'The Race For a New Game Machine', are former IBM microchip desingers David Shippy and Mickie Phipps.

Quiz: He said what? (an oddly informative news quiz) (IT World)

Who isn't going to say hi and walk off? Who flipped an energy-guzzling PC on its head? Who doesn't think breasts are harmful to children? Who has bigger, badder things to worry about than flaws in the MD5 hashing algorithm? Think you know? Take this week's quiz!

Sony cuts PlayStation 3 component costs by 35 per cent (Macworld UK)

The components used to produce the second-generation of the PS3 console cost $448.73, based on October component prices, iSuppli said, citing a recent teardown of the system it conducted to see what components are used inside.

PlayStation 3 Component Costs Drop (Overclockers Club)

According to market research firm iSuppli, Sony has cut the cost of materials used to make the second-generation of the PlayStation 3 (PS3) to $448.73, based on October component prices. That is a 35 percent drop from the first-generation PS3 based on the mid-2007 cost of $690.23. Sony has been able to reduce costs, not by skimping, but rather by advancing technology . The Cell processor, for ...

Sony PS3 Costs Less To Make, But Still A Money Loser (InformationWeek)

A teardown analysis by iSuppli finds that the latest PS3 costs $448.73 to make, or 35% less than the $690.23 for the first-generation model.