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Wednesday, July 12 2006

Cell Chip Yields are Terrible?  by Craig D at 17:25

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There's some comment on The Inquirer that seems to point to comments by an IBM exec where he says that somewhere in the region of 10-20 percent of produced Cell chips are defect-less. As the PS3 Cell only requires 7 of the 8 SPEs to work they might double that to roughly 20-40 percent yields.

Quite what this means for Playstation 3 availability in it's early days is unsure, it can't be good news but it does for sure mean that each functional Cell chip is costing a LOT of money, things don't seem to be getting any better for Sony at the minute.
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malis
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12 July 2006 17:28
Was just reading this, doesn't bode well for availability early on if it's true.
Landen
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12 July 2006 18:08
Yay, music to my ears. Die Sony, die!
bogie
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12 July 2006 19:24
"IBM exec where he says that somewhere in the region of 10-20 percent of produced Cell chips are defect-less."

So that means only 10-20% are any good!!!

Save ur money for a nex DX10 Graphics card instead!!!
Re0sLess
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12 July 2006 20:07
i like it how they say it in sales speak, not just 80-90% are bad
Stan
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12 July 2006 20:42
I dunno how much of this is just anti sony stuff now.
Guess we will have to wait and see, i wont be taking the chance at 450 quid though
Mani
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12 July 2006 20:59
if only it was 450, UK pre-orders were 569 !!!
malis
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12 July 2006 21:08
Yeah Craig is right, I've heard rumours that the gimped PS3 isn't an option in some countries. Not sure how true that is.
Stan
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12 July 2006 21:19
tbh piss right off am i paying that much for a console, i can have a pc at that kinda price [ok it wouldnt actually pay for my graphics cards, but still]
hobgoblin
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12 July 2006 21:50
time will tell i suppose

i too wont be dishing out that much cash on a console
Abstract
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13 July 2006 09:21
Get an xbox 360 for now, then maybe get a PS3 in a year or so when they're cheaper and we know more about them.


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