PS3 on par with most super computers
by Jolex Del Pilar

Saturday, March 30, 2002

More than 150 times faster than the PS2, the PS3 will revolutionize not only the console market, but PC technology too.

Sony's chief technical officer Shinichi Okamoto recently told famed Japanese magazing, Famitsu, a few interesting tidbits regarding the upcoming PS3. Specifically, Okamoto-san hinted that Sony's next game console may include processor technology codenamed 'CELL.' Currently in the planning stages, the processor will be codeveloped by Sony, Toshiba, and IBM. Tentatively scheduled for completion by 2005, the processor will be capable of 1 Trillion FLOPS (floating-point operations per second), almost 200 times faster than the PS2. Variants of the 'CELL' technology are expected to revolutionize content delivery and networking systems in the PC market as well.

--- Jolex Del Pilar, E3 or bust!