With Power chips in the Vole Xbox 360 and Wii and a Cell chip in the PS3, IBM is laughing all the way to the bank.
According to the Baltimore Sun, Biggish Blue is likely to sell $3.7 billion worth of chips and associated design services this year. Last year it made $2.9 billion and the year before "only" $2.5 billion.
This is not bad dosh considering that only a few years ago analysts thought that IBM was set to sell off its microelectronics division because the outfit was losing cash.
It is surprising to have such good figures in a year that IBM lost one of its bigger Power chip customers, Apple, which moved to Intel.
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Do that, and I guarantee AMD or Intel will make something to kill that stock off very quickly. Playing the technology market is a lot like Russian roulette. With an auto.
Good for IBM then. But I wouldn't rely on this forever. They might just piss off those they played and then they'll be in hot water when it comes to the next next-gen.
Good for IBM then. But I wouldn't rely on this forever. They might just piss off those they played and then they'll be in hot water when it comes to the next next-gen.
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Ever since E3 2005, when the tech specs for the Xbox 360 and PS3 came out, I really wondered why Sony and Microsoft chose IBM to make their processors, instead of Intel or AMD. I'd bet that either of the two companies would be willing to sell a fairly top of the line processor for a decent price - I mean, it's not like they wouldn't be making millions of them....
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Regardless of what AMD or Intel do, there's no way Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo can change chip manufacturers until their next systems come out in 4-5 years.Admiral Valdemar wrote:Do that, and I guarantee AMD or Intel will make something to kill that stock off very quickly. Playing the technology market is a lot like Russian roulette. With an auto.
Good for IBM then. But I wouldn't rely on this forever. They might just piss off those they played and then they'll be in hot water when it comes to the next next-gen.
But haven't you heard? PS3 has a Sony-expected shelf-life of a decade.Praxis wrote:Regardless of what AMD or Intel do, there's no way Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo can change chip manufacturers until their next systems come out in 4-5 years.Admiral Valdemar wrote:Do that, and I guarantee AMD or Intel will make something to kill that stock off very quickly. Playing the technology market is a lot like Russian roulette. With an auto.
Good for IBM then. But I wouldn't rely on this forever. They might just piss off those they played and then they'll be in hot water when it comes to the next next-gen.
XSphere or whatever will replace the X360 will trump PS3 so bad if Sony sticks to that pipe-dream.
The PS2 is supposed to have a ten year shelf life too. PS1 had a ten year shelf life.SPC Brungardt wrote:But haven't you heard? PS3 has a Sony-expected shelf-life of a decade.Praxis wrote:Regardless of what AMD or Intel do, there's no way Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo can change chip manufacturers until their next systems come out in 4-5 years.Admiral Valdemar wrote:Do that, and I guarantee AMD or Intel will make something to kill that stock off very quickly. Playing the technology market is a lot like Russian roulette. With an auto.
Good for IBM then. But I wouldn't rely on this forever. They might just piss off those they played and then they'll be in hot water when it comes to the next next-gen.
XSphere or whatever will replace the X360 will trump PS3 so bad if Sony sticks to that pipe-dream.
PS4 will come out after five or six years, PS3 will still be supported for a few more after that.
Neither Intel or AMD do custom work, that's why. IBM does. And Microsoft got burned last time when they tried to have off-the-shelf components.Count Dooku wrote:Ever since E3 2005, when the tech specs for the Xbox 360 and PS3 came out, I really wondered why Sony and Microsoft chose IBM to make their processors, instead of Intel or AMD. I'd bet that either of the two companies would be willing to sell a fairly top of the line processor for a decent price - I mean, it's not like they wouldn't be making millions of them....
Not if you do your homework.Admiral Valdemar wrote:Do that, and I guarantee AMD or Intel will make something to kill that stock off very quickly. Playing the technology market is a lot like Russian roulette. With an auto.
Fortunately, IBM does not rely on their semiconductor group for profit.Good for IBM then. But I wouldn't rely on this forever. They might just piss off those they played and then they'll be in hot water when it comes to the next next-gen.
