Sony, Toshiba and NEC Electronics to part ways from next-gen chip development |
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Despite reports that the three prime consumer electronics giants will be working on next-generation, cutting-edge chips by 2010, Sony, Toshiba and NEC Electronics have all denied such claims. In fact, only Toshiba and NEC Electronics are attempting to renew the chip development alliance, and have left Sony out of the talks.For the next line of 45nm chips for consumer electronics, Sony will be going their own separate way. "We have no intention of joint production. We make products ourselves, and if our capacity is not sufficient, we can turn to outside suppliers," a Sony representative said.
Next-generation development of smaller and more intricate chips require deeper pockets as development costs and upgraded facilities require more financial resources than usual.
Only experienced and money-burning giants, such as Intel and IBM, have every ability to develop next-generation chips without outside help. Whether or not this has any effect on the STI alliance (Sony Computer Entertainment, Toshiba, and IBM) for the Cell BE, Sony consumers will just have to wait and see.
Meanwhile, Intel has already been successful with a next-gen, 45nm-prototype of the Core 2 Duo processor ("Penryn"), and plans to mass produce a 32nm, 80-core processor ("Westmere") by around 2009.
Via ZDNet UK
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That sucks. NOO! MY NICKEL
80-core processor? WTF?!? Seriously, that has GOT to be a typo...
Good job leaving sony out of the chip alliance Toshiba and NEC. Sony can't be trusted and would screw you again if they got the chance (like with blu ray.)
it's GOTTA be 8... o.O
"Good job leaving sony out of the chip alliance Toshiba and NEC. Sony can't be trusted and would screw you again if they got the chance (like with blu ray.)" LOL loser. SONY is an electronics giant. Ever been to Japan? They make everything there. DF, it's like saying Apple can't make computer without Intel
1-8 cores (or more) for Westmere, apparently: http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20070328135645.html
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