PS3 price drop more likely

IBM today announced [arstechnica.com] that they are moving to a smaller, cooler, easier to produce die for the Cell chip that powers PS3 game consoles. This means less overhead for Sony, and hopefully they can make the gut check to bring the price down.

Or not. You never know with those guys.

1GB HDD: 20 Years Of Progress

Being caught up in our every day lives we sometimes forget how far we're come. To the left is 1GB IBM HDD, and to the right is a SD card that is the equivalent of the same 1GB.

It's amazing what 20 years of technology will bring you, isn't it?

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Let's hope al Qaeda isn't ordering a bunch of PS3's

Ok, On the headline I'm kidding; but back one game generation; governments were trying to make sure none of the world's countries that likely harbor terrorists ever got their hands on PS2's. Why? Because if they could reverse engineer it or use it to move ahead in the technology dept, they would have processors that could simulate 3D environments easily, or any other task they wished. And that I'm not kidding about. The chips now made by IBM for different gaming systems (specifically IBM’s Power Architecture, similar to the one used in Sony’s PlayStation 3) would really give them incredible technology that would make terrorist's plan's or equipment, much easier to acquire.

But enough of that. Let's see what else it can be used for! Lookie!! There's a new Mars Lander (named Phoenix Lander)from our folks at NASA! Literally, gaming technology is leading us to accomplish our technological dreams; like traveling to and researching other planets and probably other places too! The processing power in the PS3, X-Box360, or even the Wii is light years ahead of the technology we had back in the Voyager phase. (Though I lean towards VGER being a wee bit more powerful as exemplified in Star Trek - The Motion Picture)
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