Comments on: Sony’s Cell Processor Finds Further Uses /blog/2008/02/sonys-cell-processor-finds-further-uses/ We're not PlayStation but we sometimes get to speak to them Mon, 19 Mar 2018 10:48:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: mobiletone /blog/2008/02/sonys-cell-processor-finds-further-uses/comment-page-1/#comment-139464 mobiletone Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:20:41 +0000 /blog/?p=903#comment-139464 @maya- but.. but.. it was used commercially in the PS3 first, therefore claiming the spot in our hearts as the 'PS3 chip' well, that's my story and i'm sticking to it :) i'm sure i read something about the cell in a mac the other day too, buggered if i can find that article again though. @maya- but.. but.. it was used commercially in the PS3 first, therefore claiming the spot in our hearts as the ‘PS3 chip’ well, that’s my story and i’m sticking to it :)

i’m sure i read something about the cell in a mac the other day too, buggered if i can find that article again though.

]]> By: Maya /blog/2008/02/sonys-cell-processor-finds-further-uses/comment-page-1/#comment-139399 Maya Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:16:04 +0000 /blog/?p=903#comment-139399 @mobiletone Thanks babe, tell me something I don't know ;) The point was STI did not devellop the Cell for the PS3 as some comments above might have implied. The Cell is a potent numbercruncher with a nack for image manipulation. Thats why it's even as logical to spot in an HD TV as in a video games console. @mobiletone

Thanks babe, tell me something I don’t know ;)

The point was STI did not devellop the Cell for the PS3 as some comments above might have implied. The Cell is a potent numbercruncher with a nack for image manipulation.
Thats why it’s even as logical to spot in an HD TV as in a video games console.

]]> By: Widge /blog/2008/02/sonys-cell-processor-finds-further-uses/comment-page-1/#comment-139041 Widge Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:28:42 +0000 /blog/?p=903#comment-139041 Toshiba's TV do great HD at the moment, the cell is going to go towards making their SD reproduction alot better. I think any main branded LCD does SD upscaling at the moment, my Philips 9632 certainly does. The big thing about the new Tosh's is the picture frame case, the cell adding power to the unit, but the main one is the top end model having LED Backlight. So that means pure blacks! Also, for a 40" (thats the same space as a standard 37"), its reported to be $1999 for the top line model, which is a bargain in my mind. I may trade in my ambilight when this comes out. Toshiba’s TV do great HD at the moment, the cell is going to go towards making their SD reproduction alot better. I think any main branded LCD does SD upscaling at the moment, my Philips 9632 certainly does.

The big thing about the new Tosh’s is the picture frame case, the cell adding power to the unit, but the main one is the top end model having LED Backlight. So that means pure blacks!

Also, for a 40″ (thats the same space as a standard 37″), its reported to be $1999 for the top line model, which is a bargain in my mind. I may trade in my ambilight when this comes out.

]]> By: lxd /blog/2008/02/sonys-cell-processor-finds-further-uses/comment-page-1/#comment-138951 lxd Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:20:31 +0000 /blog/?p=903#comment-138951 @Tony - Upscaling means to show the picture at the native resolution of TV. Watching unscaled SD TV on a flat panel is like running a laptop at 480x640, you can tell where the picture has just been fudged bigger to fit the screen. If you have a flat panel, try turning on the upscaling for DVDs and PS2 games in your PS3 you'll notice a huge difference. @Tony - Upscaling means to show the picture at the native resolution of TV. Watching unscaled SD TV on a flat panel is like running a laptop at 480×640, you can tell where the picture has just been fudged bigger to fit the screen. If you have a flat panel, try turning on the upscaling for DVDs and PS2 games in your PS3 you’ll notice a huge difference.

]]> By: Omaesan /blog/2008/02/sonys-cell-processor-finds-further-uses/comment-page-1/#comment-138653 Omaesan Mon, 25 Feb 2008 23:49:12 +0000 /blog/?p=903#comment-138653 Oh. Here comes Tom Capone with another unrelated, critical and unuseful post. You and 'Carl' are the sauce of this blog! Oh.

Here comes Tom Capone with another unrelated, critical and unuseful post.

You and ‘Carl’ are the sauce of this blog!

]]> By: Ton Capone /blog/2008/02/sonys-cell-processor-finds-further-uses/comment-page-1/#comment-138585 Ton Capone Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:52:26 +0000 /blog/?p=903#comment-138585 Why don't they try using it to process info during games on a PS3 which are of high quality, long play time and released on time? Why don’t they try using it to process info during games on a PS3 which are of high quality, long play time and released on time?

]]> By: Tony /blog/2008/02/sonys-cell-processor-finds-further-uses/comment-page-1/#comment-138582 Tony Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:49:22 +0000 /blog/?p=903#comment-138582 Uhh 'upscale everyting put into it'?? Every LCD and Plasma on the market does that, otherwise when you watched SD TV it would be a little postage stamp in the middle of the screen. Maybe this does a decent job (I'd like to see objective tests though) but it's not exactly a revolution. Uhh ‘upscale everyting put into it’??

Every LCD and Plasma on the market does that, otherwise when you watched SD TV it would be a little postage stamp in the middle of the screen.

Maybe this does a decent job (I’d like to see objective tests though) but it’s not exactly a revolution.

]]> By: Omaesan /blog/2008/02/sonys-cell-processor-finds-further-uses/comment-page-1/#comment-138577 Omaesan Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:46:13 +0000 /blog/?p=903#comment-138577 The moment I read Toshiba I told myself how long until the first uninformed posts about HDDVD and Toshiba sellout to Sony, etc. Fools. Cell is not developed by Sony. Cell was made by STI, a joint venture company equally shared by Sony, Toshiba and IBM. The buying of the Cell production plants was some months ago, last year, much before HDDVD's demise. Toshiba bought Sony's Cell factories in a move to expand their semiconductor bussiness, and Sony seeking to center more in the home electronics department. It was a mutually beneficial operation, happily backed by shareholders and analysts. And the Toshiba Cell equipped HDTV was demoed months before the PS3 launch. The moment I read Toshiba I told myself how long until the first uninformed posts about HDDVD and Toshiba sellout to Sony, etc.

Fools.

Cell is not developed by Sony. Cell was made by STI, a joint venture company equally shared by Sony, Toshiba and IBM.

The buying of the Cell production plants was some months ago, last year, much before HDDVD’s demise. Toshiba bought Sony’s Cell factories in a move to expand their semiconductor bussiness, and Sony seeking to center more in the home electronics department. It was a mutually beneficial operation, happily backed by shareholders and analysts.

And the Toshiba Cell equipped HDTV was demoed months before the PS3 launch.

]]> By: mobiletone /blog/2008/02/sonys-cell-processor-finds-further-uses/comment-page-1/#comment-138571 mobiletone Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:39:33 +0000 /blog/?p=903#comment-138571 @6 Maya - YES IT WAS... Cell is a microprocessor architecture jointly developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, Toshiba, and IBM, an alliance known as "STI". The architectural design and first implementation were carried out at the STI Design Center in Austin, Texas over a four-year period beginning March 2001 The first major commercial application of Cell was in Sony's PlayStation 3 game console @6 Maya - YES IT WAS… Cell is a microprocessor architecture jointly developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, Toshiba, and IBM, an alliance known as “STI”. The architectural design and first implementation were carried out at the STI Design Center in Austin, Texas over a four-year period beginning March 2001

The first major commercial application of Cell was in Sony’s PlayStation 3 game console

]]> By: Maya /blog/2008/02/sonys-cell-processor-finds-further-uses/comment-page-1/#comment-138523 Maya Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:25:18 +0000 /blog/?p=903#comment-138523 It never was Sony's Cell processor in the first place... It never was Sony’s Cell processor in the first place…

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