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Sony says nothing concrete has been decided on the sale of its cell manufacturing facilities

Earlier this week DailyTech reported that Sony was considering the sale of its Cell chip operations facilities to Toshiba. The Sony Cell processor is the brains inside the much-maligned PS3 gaming console.

CNN Money is now reporting that Sony has denied that the Cell chip manufacturing facilities are up for sale as was previously reported here at DailyTech. Toshiba Corporation spokesman Keisuke Omori told CNN Money that nothing has been decided on such a deal.

Sony shares fell 2.2 percent amid rumors of the possible sale of the chip manufacturing facilities to Toshiba due to expected losses Sony would incur. CNN quotes Sony spokesman Tomio Takizawa as saying, “Nothing concrete has been decided.”

The Nikkei
, a Japanese business daily, first reported of the sale to Toshiba last week and claimed that a joint venture between Sony and Toshiba would be formed and existing manufacturing lines would still be used. It is widely known that Toshiba is seeking to strengthen its integrated chip business and the purchase of a viable line from Sony would make sense to many.

IBM has issued no comment on the rumored sale of the Sony Cell processor facilities. Sony and IBM collaborated to make the Cell processor, which is currently used in more devices than just the PS3. The Nikkei also reported that Sony would be the principal buyer of the Cell processor after the arrangement with Toshiba and would have a say in management of the joint venture.



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Sony and Toshiba working together?
By Shawn on 9/19/2007 7:23:24 PM , Rating: 2
No way!




By RubberJohnny on 9/19/2007 8:17:42 PM , Rating: 4
Not really that hard to believe since the cell was jointly developed by Sony, Toshiba and IBM (STI). Strange that the article doesn't mention that...

Interesting too how these companys can work together on one project when it's mutually benificial yet be so opposed when it comes to another.

I recon it was Toshiba's engineers who worked on the PS3s SPEs that were getting the low yieds... j/k


By Carl B on 9/19/2007 8:20:00 PM , Rating: 5
The reporting on this story has been pretty marginal at best around here, with what seems to be a straight parroting of headlines from wherever the news is first encountered.

In truth, Sony hasn't denied anything at all - they've simply said that they nothing has been decided as yet and they are looking into things. If anything, that's a confirmation in my mind that these talks are indeed going on. At the same time, the previous reports of a 'done deal' were too extreme to begin with, as the original Japanese news source only ever stated discussions taking place to begin with. Too much in the way of flashy headlines these days and too little in the way of research, explanation, or context.

Not to mention, the story here mentions that Cell was created by IBM and Sony... while leaving out Toshiba! I mean, that to me seems pretty fundamental in a story about Cell, Sony, and Toshiba.




Sony BluRay vs Toshiba HDDVD
By jeromekwok on 9/19/2007 9:24:43 PM , Rating: 2
I don't think this makes much sense. Sony is the main supporter on BluRay and Toshiba is the leader of HD-DVD camp. How come Toshiba to make PS3 chips, the most popular BluRay player.

Don't know how Japanese works...




RE: Sony BluRay vs Toshiba HDDVD
By Torched on 9/20/2007 9:51:17 AM , Rating: 2
I really don't know why this keeps coming up. What does Blu-ray VS HD-DVD have to do with PS3 internals. Sony does not own Blu-Ray and Toshiba does not own HD-DVD. Both are members of their respective consortium.

However, Sony and Toshiba are both co-owners of the Cell processor. They have collaborated with each other for a long time. The super companion chip made by Toshiba is inside every PS3 at the moment. In fact 12% of the total cost of PS3 silicon is made by Toshiba. See this link: http://www.isuppli.com/news/default.asp?id=6919


Interesting...
By vortmax on 9/19/07, Rating: 0
Sony vs Toshiba
By TonyB on 9/19/07, Rating: -1
"I want people to see my movies in the best formats possible. For [Paramount] to deny people who have Blu-ray sucks!" -- Movie Director Michael Bay














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