[Straight Vermonter]

I work with this thing everyday. It is going to be awesome.

[CollegeRepublican]

Any more info you want to present? As an owner of a PS2 and X-box I would love to hear more. Ping me if you have further updates in the future.

[ThinkDifferent]

Sweet. As I understand it, it's a 64-bit PowerPC derivative optimized for multiprocessing, right? I'd think it would have large implications for all aspects of computing, so I'm surprised they seem to be limiting their focus to consoles and specific multimedia applications. I wouldn't mind a 16-way Power Mac G6...

[Revelation 911]

so should I bother getting my kid an xbox this year ?

[Larry Lucido]

Great, can't wait to play Pong on it!

[Imaverygooddriver]

I`m getting a play station. X Box is the biggest rip off out there which figures being that it`s made by Bill "I can never get enough cash" Gates. I bought the thing last January and already it`s screwing up. It`s suppose to play DVD`s but half the time the DVDs either skip or freeze, and when I tried to open it up to see if maybe it was dirty inside, it`s impossible. You literally have to break it open. Then when I tried to get games for the thing, 99% of the games out there are all the same. Kill/shoot em up games and you can only play the ones exclusively made for X Box which is kill/shoot em up games. I want porno. I want 100% porno games or games like "Annoy the liberal"

[JRandomFreeper]

17 clock cycles after the release, the specs will hit alt.2600. 30 minutes after the release, it'll be reverse engineered. A day later, there will be an open-source project on SourceForge. 5 years later, it'll be opensourced and outsourced to India, who will outsource it to the rebuilt MSAfghanistan.

But it sounds really cool. I hope you make some $$ off of it. And of course, you will carry the satisfaction of working that project. 8>)

/john

[Tempest]

Multi-core processors will be more common place when this chip finally makes it to market. What will make this thing stand out.

[mikegi]

PCs and game boxes are already multiprocessor machines by the definition in this article: CPU, GPU, audio processor, net card processor, etc. The "Cell" will be underwhelming.

[scab4faa]

Still won't be able to touch my machine..

3400xp 64 bit 939 pin amd
VIA K8T800 Pro Motherboard
ATI 9800 pro vid card
Kingston 2 gig pc3200 ram

Everquest 2 never looked so good :)

[fso301]

Interesting. I've long suspected this was an attempt to end-run Wintel.

[rollo tomasi]

Let the hype begin. I remember before the PS2 came out all the buzz was "Toy Story" graphics. The PS2 fell short of "graphics expectations" but still a fun system.

Saddam ran his whole defense tech off of six PS2 hooked together(What the PR people said).

[dc27]

You must be an employee of BTV.

[Yossarian]

I work with this thing everyday. It is going to be awesome

You're part of the "I" in "STI"? I know one of the integrators on that. I'm working right now on a fun Fishkill chip right now, over in San Jose....

[Psycho_Bunny]

No matter how you cut it, it's for a console.

And consoles are for teh suck.