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Sony makes the processors :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(microprocessor) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(microprocessor)
by binarymax 16y ago
Sony makes the processors :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(microprocessor) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_(microprocessor)
- moxiemk1 16y agoI'm quite sure that IBM actually makes the processors, at the plant in East Fishkill, NY. In the history section of that Wikipedia Article, IBM manufacturing the chips is referenced several times, but never Sony.
- metageek 16y agoYeah, but they codeveloped them with Sony, so Sony presumably gets a really low price.
- jessriedel 16y agoThis doesn't answer my question. Even if Sony did make the chips all by themselves (which seems dubious from comments below), then they own some sort of magic capital or intellectual property which lets them produce such processors way cheaper than every other company on the planet. What is this magic thing?