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Roadrunner runs away with supercomputing prize
News The fastest supercomputer in the world - used to monitor the US nuclear weapons stockpile - is based on the IBM QS22 blades, which are built using advanced versions of the Cell processor in Sony's... [19 Jun 2008]
Beep beep! Move over for IBM's super Roadrunner
News The company is working on a computer nicknamed 'Roadrunner' that will combine Cell processors - a family of chips found inside the PlayStation 3 - and processors from Advanced Micro Devices. IBM helped... [13 Nov 2007]
Big Blue scores bid to build world's fastest PC
News IBM has won a bid to build a supercomputer called Roadrunner that will include not just conventional Opteron chips but also the Cell processor used in the Sony Playstation, silicon.com sister site CNET... [06 Sep 2006]
Torvalds issues new Linux kernel
News The unusual processor is also used in Sony's upcoming PlayStation 3 game console but IBM expects it to be used for high-performance computing tasks such as medical image processing as well. Linus Torvalds released a new... [22 Mar 2006]
Sony slashes seven per cent of its global workforce
News The company known for its Walkman music player, the Spider-Man movie franchise and the PlayStation game console will "eliminate the corporate silos" of its Sony Corporation Network starting on 1 October, and replace it... [22 Sep 2005]
Sony accused over chip infringement
News The electronics giant is in the midst of a joint effort with Toshiba and IBM to create the Cell processor, seen as the most likely candidate to power the next version of the PlayStation. Electronics... [28 Oct 2003]
Nokia snaps up Sega for mobile gaming help
News Sony earlier this year announced plans for a portable version of its market-leading PlayStation home console. The PlayStation Portable will have an advanced screen, stereo sound and a new high-capacity... [20 Aug 2003]
Ballmer sets date for Xbox 2
News But Sony executives, while refusing to make any commitments for a PS2 successor, have indicated that the cell processor expected to power the PlayStation 3 is taking longer to develop than expected. Game... [20 Jun 2003]
PS2's successor revealed
News Although no one from Sony mentioned the much-rumoured PlayStation 3, which is expected to debut in 2005, the company hinted at a plan to build a home server that would incorporate the "Cell" chip, a... [29 May 2003]
It's worth $1.6bn to Sony and it will power PS3 and more
News More details about the highly secretive 'Cell' processor - slated to power the upcoming Sony PlayStation 3 game console - emerged on Monday. The new chip, touted to be a thousand times more powerful than... [22 Apr 2003]
IBM ships 10 millionth GameCube chip
News Rival Sony announced this week that it has sold 40 million of its PlayStation 2 game machines. While IBM partnered with Nintendo on the GameCube, it's also working with Sony on a chip that is likely to power the next... [20 Sep 2002]
IBM dips its toe into consumer devices
News The companies were unable to confirm if the chips will be used in upcoming versions of Sony's PlayStation 2 games platform. Codenamed 'Cell' the chips produced will be as powerful as IBM's Deep Blue... [12 Mar 2001]
