SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. TO LAUNCH ITS NEXT GENERATION …

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SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC. TO LAUNCH ITS
NEXT GENERATION COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM,
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. IN SPRING 2006
Unrivaled Performance with the Introduction of Cell Processor
and Many Advanced Technologies, and
Backwards compatible with PlayStation?and PlayStation?2
Los Angeles, CALIF., May 16, 2005 - At a press conference held in Los Angeles, California,
today, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) revealed the outline of its
PLAYSTATION?3 (PS3) computer entertainment system, incorporating the world’s most
advanced Cell processor with super computer like power. Prototypes of PS3 will also be
showcased at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the world’s largest interactive
entertainment exhibition held in Los Angeles, from May 18th to 20th.
PS3 combines state-of-the-art technologies featuring Cell, a processor jointly
developed by IBM, Sony Group and Toshiba Corporation, graphics processor (RSX) codeveloped
by NVIDIA Corporation and SCEI, and XDR memory developed by Rambus Inc.
It also adopts BD-ROM (Blu-ray Disc ROM) with maximum storage capacity of 54 GB (dual
layer) , enabling delivery of entertainment content in full high-definition (HD) quality,…