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They also announced that they would reveal technical details of Cell at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) to be held from February 6-10, 2005 in San Francisco. Specifically, the companies confirmed that Cell is a multicore chip comprising a 64-bit Power processor core and multiple synergistic processor cores capable of massive floating point processing. Cell is optimized for compute-intensive workloads and broadband… Read More

Sony Group's investment will help IBM enable capacity for the manufacture of the new microprocessor, code named “Cell,” and other chips to be used in next generation computer entertainment systemsand Sony's wide array of next generation digital consumer electronics products. IBM expects to begin pilot production of Cell microprocessors and other chips for Sony at its 300mm facility in East Fishkill, NY, during the first… Read More

From the press release: VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the selection of IBM Microelectronics, the world's premier information technology supplier, as its foundry partner for the next generation of VIA processors based on the “Esther” core scheduled for the second half of 2004. VIA's decision to partner with IBM was… Read More

State-of-the-art GPUs, like NVIDIA's Geforce FX, have become process and manufacturing drivers. To deliver the immense computational power needed to create cinematic images in real-time, NVIDIA'sGPUs require the most sophisticated process technologies. As part of the agreement, NVIDIA will gain access to IBM's comprehensive suite of foundry services and leading-edge manufacturing technologies, including power-efficient copper… Read More