| BlkPaladin said: Well this isn't a surprise since the Cell project was canned by IBM about three years ago. So if Sony wanted another Cell processor they would have to do it themselves. Since they can not afford to do that. (They had to go to IBM and nVidia to get the PS3's chip done) The Cell processor is now a failed project though the ideas that made the Cell are being incorporated into new chip. |
That's more spin than truth.
The project was completed. It was done in conjunction with Toshiba and Sony. Sony had no plans to improve the chip and neither did Toshiba. The result is IBM focusing on it's core instead of making products that were funded by other companies.
And yes, the tech from the cell is going into new processors. So to say the cell is canned is really a misnomer. The cell is evolving, if you will, or merging with something else. That's what cells do.
