Sony sells Cell plant for $835 million

[Swansen]

Yeah, so Toshiba is buying out the cell factory in Japan, on a side note there, i just realized that Toshiba was against itself, as it supported the cell processor, but also, HD-DVD??? never really took note of that before now. Also, i don't completely get this whole move here, the Cell seems like something you would want to hang on to, also, where is IBM on this whole deal here???
Sony sells $835m PS3 CPU plant to Toshiba | Reg Hardware

 

[Addis]

Cell isn't just for the PS3, it's for general purpose applications as well. Hence Cell based servers. Different divisions.

The article also says that it'll be run by a jointly by the two companies. $835 million is a hell of a lot of money even for these giants. Most football clubs, with global support and merchandise have annual revenues of at most $500million.

 

[Swansen]

Yeah, i know the cell is for a lot more than just the PS3, and also, that 835 million is a lot of money, but still, just seems like a piece of technology that you'd want to hang on to, and, it didn't say anything about IBM directly.