http://www.ps3coderz.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=70&Itemid=31 Cell2: Some Thoughts Written by nblachford Thursday, 12 April 2007 Next week we should see the first details of the second generation Cell processor. Little has been said publicly to date about it, but knowing what we...

http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/24/technology/nvidia_intel/index.htm AMD-ATI deal boosts shares of Nvidia Speculation about a possible partnership between Nvidia and Intel has driven the shares up nearly 10%. By Amanda Cantrell, CNNMoney.com staff writer July 24 2006: 3:23 PM EDT

http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33230 Intel in the crosshairs, as execs explain themselves By Paul Hales: Monday 24 July 2006, 14:31 BEST MATES AMD and ATI held a conference call today in which the companies' biggest cheeses sought justify their new cohabitation. The 'excited'...

A number of big-name publishers are set to release their Wii games in mid-to-late October, which suggests that a system debut could not be that far off. And several insiders have told IGN that Tuesday, November 2 could, in fact, be the big day. Thing is, not all of our contacts are in agreement on...

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=40187 "Sun Microsystems developed Proximity Communication and has an effort underway known as "Project Hero". "Sun has 100 engineers working on "Project Hero", developing a flat low-latency memory architecture, with mostly or fully...

IBM to build Opteron-Cell hybrid supercomputer of 1 PetaFlop performance http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6112439.html IBM to build Opteron-Cell hybrid supercomputer By Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com Published on ZDNet News: September 5, 2006, 1:12 PM PT

CNN Money: http://www.tinyurl.com/outhh AMD seen close to $5.5 billion chip deal Source says Advanced Micro Devices could announce deal with #2 Canadian chipmaker as early as Monday. July 21 2006: 6:35 PM EDT

http://beyond3d.com/#news32202 AMD To Make "Significant" Announcement 24-Jul-2006, 01:35.05 Reporter : geo After months of increasingly specific rumors about the future of ATI as an independent company, it appears all but certain that AMD and ATI will announce tomorrow that AMD has made a...

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118598 "Video of Broadway manufacturing reveals hint of Broadway die size/power? Someone on IGN boards found a video of Broadway being manufactured by IBM." http://boards.ign.com/nintendo_wii_lobby/b8270/126635337/p1/?8

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6112439.html IBM to build Opteron-Cell hybrid supercomputer By Stephen Shankland, CNET News.com Published on ZDNet News: September 5, 2006, 1:12 PM PT IBM has won a bid to build a supercomputer called Roadrunner that will include not just conventional Opteron...

comp.sys.super, comp.arch, alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64, comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips, alt.games.video.sony-playstation2 IBM to build Opteron-Cell hybrid supercomputer of 1 PetaFlop performance IBM to build Opteron-Cell hybrid supercomputer of 1 PetaFlop performance

The first generation of chips & boards in the Larrabee family is still at least 1 year away, and somewhat longer if they don't launch until 2010. These will consist of chips as small as 4-8 cores, and as large as 48 cores, perhaps even 64 cores. They could also consist of dual-Larrabee...

NVidia, Intel no longer appear to be prospective partners By Michael Hatamoto, BetaNews April 11, 2008, 5:42 PM During an analyst meeting yesterday, the head of NVidia stated clearly that NVidia is a GPU company and not a semiconductor manufacturer, destroying any flicker of hope that it and Intel...

IBM announces PowerXCell 8i, QS22 blade server Tuesday 13th May 2008, 11:23:00 PM, written by Carl Bender IBM today made formal the announcement of an HPC-targeted variant of the Cell B.E. processor, given the name PowerXCell 8i. Featuring re- engineered SPEs with enhanced dual-precision...

65nm 'Falcon' X360 50% cheaper to manufacture - future 45nm X360 could result in a smaller redesigned Xbox360 ala PSOne & PSTwo http://tinyurl.com/2qwggu I'm sure everyone is well aware of the issues regarding the 360's internal design shortcomings and the problems that it can...

http://www.realworldtech.com/page.cfm?ArticleID=RWT120307033606&p=1 Rambus Sets the Bandwidth Bar at a Terabyte/Second Last week at the annual Developer's Forum in Japan, Rambus announced an ambitious technology initiative that aims to create a 16 gigabit- per-second memory signaling layer that...

Chip company has spoken to hardware manufacturers, touting new processors Intel, the company responsible for the majority of processors used in desktop PCs, has spoken to Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo about what chips might power the next round of...

http://www.ps4forums.org/16-playstation-4-cell-chip/ http://www.ps4forums.org/wp-content/gallery/ps3-cell-chip/page10.png The 4 PPE, 32 SPE CELL should be finished in 2010, making it possible for PS4 to launch as early as 2011. Nevermind Sony's ten year lifespan for PS3, which is no different...

Seriously folks. Is he always like this or what? He's going to be alright isn't he? I hope so. Get well soon Keith! AJ

Here's my prioritized list (most to least important): Inexpensive. Low power consumption. Cool running. .. .. .. (way down the line...) Performance.