rumor ps4 might use ps3 cell chip

[Final-Fan]

goddog said:

Final-Fan said:
Sorry for the late response, goddog, but nothing in that article did anything to undermine the point I made:

1. You said in the OP that the PS4 would use the same exact chip as the PS3. "same chip, nothing new"
2. The articles mention using at least 10 cores in the PS4 Cell chip.
3. The PS3 Cell chip has less than 10 cores.
4. Therefore the PS3 and PS4 Cell chips will not be identical and therefore you were wrong or misspoke.

I went throught and reread the japanese artical it is based on to respond to you and it brings up several posibilities, one of which is ten cores, but dismisses them all in its belief that the ps4 will be out in 2011 to beat the nextbox, and that changeing the cell would add uneeded cost and complication to development and for devs. the artical i origially posted does a really poor job of explaing the japanese artical its based on

also thanks for the reply no problem for the late

OK, I did miss that part.  Thanks for the correction. 

But as for whether the speculation turns out to be true, I have to say that with the pace of technology advancement it would be extremely easy to have a considerably more powerful version of the Cell instead of just the same chip and still stay very cost effective -- in fact if Sony "did a Wii" this is exactly what would happen since the Wii is much more powerful than the Gamecube, just less of an advancement than the other two.