Sony Banking On New Super Fast Processor For Playstation 4

By Nick Baumfeld
Posted on May 29, 2011 AT 06:19am

Sony appear to be pinning all of their hopes for the PlayStation 4 on a brand new super fast cell processor.

SmartHouse has been told that Sony is working on a brand new processor with IBM who were the original architect of Sony’s Cell Processor which has been used by Sony for years.

Sources at IBM claim that their new multi-core PowerPC processor which has been in development for several years is now a join project between IBM and Sony.

According to IBM leaks the new processor is twice as fast as the current processor in use and Sony are planning on mass producing the new processor once it is ready.

Sony are yet to comment on the possibility of using the new processor.

Source: SmartHouse

Bio: Nick Baumfeld has been involved in the video game industry for a good 12 years. He has seen the industry from all view points and has a background in websites, website integration and social media. Nick pioneered the online video game rental business back in the day, moved forward into online video game trading and then moved viral with the well received Video Games Application on Facebook. Today, he has joined up with EGM founder Steve Harris to create something truly unique and special; EGMNOW, a community dedicated to all manner of gamers.

Gaming MO: Nick is a first person shooter type of gamer and enjoys heated bouts of Halo with friends and family (even while being schooled by his children).

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Sony Banking On New Super Fast Processor For Playstation 4

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