Report: Sony working with IBM in new Cell processor

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drkohler said:

Skeeuk said:

sergiodaly said:

two ps3 duct taped is pure genius... is going to be powerful enough and will be cheaper to build... just upgrade the GPU and put 8X the RAM ps3 had...

i was going to say something similar, they only need to tweak it here and there, increase ram and gpu

Add another cell = add 60-80 Watt power usage

Add more ram = add 10-20 Watt power usage

Add better GPU = add 20-60 Watt power usage

End result: PS4 meltdown

Look people, consoles are limited by three constraints: size, price, power usage (which is limited by the first two factors). Otherwise they would be called gaming PCs. Any new console will never achieve the performance of a (good) gaming PC. Sure everyone can dream up a PS4 with a multicore-32SPU cell - not going to happen.

PS3 Slim already use only 100 watt running a game... this new CPU is 32nm instead of 45nm of the PS3 slin CPU... GPUs are now around 40nm instead of the 65nm in PS3 slim... this and they might use less Mhz now to produce less heat and consume less energy. Ram are also much faster and power friendly... i could see all the specs i told using less than 180W, less than PS3 FAT...