The PS3, by contrasy, used the infamous Cell processor and was notoriously difficult to develop games on.
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They call this the cell processor and, yeah, quite frankly it's going to be an insanely powerful machine.
Internally, the same RSX GPU drives the newest model PS3, and the 45nm Cell processor from the Slim returns.
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Mr. Shippy and Ms. Phipps view the delivery of the Cell processor and the derivative Xbox chip as victories for both companies.
Cut to a video of an IBM dude woodenly reading from a teleprompter (his eyes dart quickly left-to-right) about the cell processor system.
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The Cell processor and its RSX graphics companion are still separate parts, and a similar power supply capacity suggests that neither of the main chips has been built on a more efficient manufacturing process.
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Apparently, unlike the massive shift from the PS2 to PS3, the eventually PS4 will be a decidedly smaller leap, with it relying on a slightly speedier (and, likely, 45nm) Cell processor but not a completely new architecture.
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Intel Chief Technology Officer Justin demonstrated a processor powered by a single solar cell at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco Thursday.
The benefit: Rattner could demonstrate a processor doing work while powered by a solar cell the size of a postage stamp .
Now it is up to customer demand to deliver those top-line numbers--in particular, demand for flash memory chips in advanced cell phones as well as strong sales of AMD's 64-bit Opteron processor for computer servers, due to launch on April 22.
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