Cell chips are well suited to processing streams of video and sound, and for modelling the complex three-dimensional worlds of video games, so Cell's debut will be in Sony's next-generation games console, the PlayStation 3, which is expected to contain four of the beasts.

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In time, new acquisitions in Asia, bought at bargain prices as the crisis drives down the value even of sound companies, will bring in new income streams.

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Another line, the GE Profile, automatically streams water into containers of any size using sound waves.

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