High Hopes In Hardware
Posted by Geek Woman

The Playstation 3 has been the focus of a great deal of speculation speculation and rumors recently. The new microprocessor called “the Cell” has been in the works since 2001. It will be at the heart of the new Playstation console. Talk about “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” though. IBM used to be in the thick of things with Sony rival Microsoft, which is also preparing a new XBoxconsole to compete with the PS3 of course. This monster of a processor should generate ten times the power of current PC’s! Nintendo has promised to make an announcement about its next generation game at the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco in March. It is widely speculated that Microsoft will unveil is new game system (codenamed Xenon) at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in May.
by Geek Woman

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