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IBM's Plans For the Cell Processor 124

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday October 12, 2010 @01:21AM from the breeding-a-better-hamster dept.

angry tapir writes "Development around the original Cell processor hasn't stalled, and IBM will continue to develop chips and supply hardware for future gaming consoles, a company executive said. IBM is working with gaming machine vendors including Nintendo and Sony, said Jai Menon, CTO of IBM's Systems and Technology Group, during an interview Thursday. 'We want to stay in the business, we intend to stay in the business,' he said. IBM confirmed in a statement that it continues to manufacture the Cell processor for use by Sony in its PlayStation 3. IBM also will continue to invest in Cell as part of its hybrid and multicore chip strategy, Menon said."

Using EMP To Punch Holes In Steel 165

Posted by timothy on Saturday January 16, 2010 @12:25AM from the you'll-need-some-big-batteries dept.

angrytuna writes "The Economist is running a story about a group of researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology in Chemnitz, Germany, who've found a way to use an EMP device to shape and punch holes through steel. The process enjoys advantages over both lasers, which take more time to bore the hole (0.2 vs. 1.4 seconds), and by metal presses, which can leave burrs that must be removed by hand."

Comment Apple target is Microsoft on the mid term (Score 1) 2950

by g3_phil on Monday June 06, 2005 @05:46PM (#12740325) Attached to: Apple Switching to Intel

Hi guys, I wrote an article in French on my web site about the whole story, and soon to be translated in English.

I have followed Apple for the last 24 years, and I was at first as shocked as when Apple switched to the PPC. Intel processor design is far too complex for what it delivers, and the beauty of the PowerPC architecture is far superior. I have to disagree with Steve, the only advantage of Intel is its mass market, which enables to bypass scaling issues as IBM has.

But reality is there. Apple is preparing to be able to provide massive quantities of OSX capable machines, and still keep the opportunity to work on the best processors (PowerPC), maybe on smaller quantities, for the very high end market.

In 2 years, absolutely nothing will prevent Apple to sell OSX for any PC, not only their machines. This means they will be in direct competition with Microsoft.

Can you imagine the speed of switch to an OS that still runs your PC apps, but does not suffer from Windows issues ?

The Apple versus Microsoft first episode has started. And may the Force be with us.

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