| endimion said: isn't toshiba working on the cell too.... I thought it was a IBM SONY TOSHIBA tech ??? or you meant IBM worked alone with financing from the two other....
anyway toshiba working on the cell always confused me as they are supporting HD DVD on the other hand.... Â |
Yeah, I believe Toshiba has their hand in the Cell somewhat but it's primarily an IBM venture and I believe that all Cells come off an IBM fab line (though I could be wrong about that). IBM was the prime mover behind the architecture and that's why the main SPU is based off their Power6 architecture (basicaly the same chip as Apple's G5 line).
As for Toshiba working on both Cell and HD-DVD, that's not surprising at all. They're not competing products at all and the only link between the two is the PS3 using the Cell as its CPU and Blu-Ray as its optical drive.
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