PS4 might not have a cell processor
December 30, 2009 by Sony PS4
Filed under Playstation 4 Rumors
According to The Examiner, Sony has already announced that they are working on the PS4 console. Paul Holmen, the Vice President of Technology for Sony Computer Entertainment in Europe, confirmed that there will be a Playstation 4 sometime in the future. However, they might not be using the cell processor that is currently being used in the playstation 3. They are still considering their options including the multi-core processor that is normally found in a computer. There are other options that Sony is looking at right now, including modifying the current cell processor.
The cell processor in the PS3 has many advantages over other gaming systems. Using a cell processor means that multimedia and vector processing applications are much faster than other gaming systems. Despite the advantages, many of the third party developers have problems programing for the system as recently seen with Sega’s release of Bayonetta port. Because of this problem, Sony is looking to be more developer friendly with the release of the Playstation 4.
Whichever way Sony goes with their new console, it will become a faster and more effecive gaming console that will be like a computer. Usually a game goes from planing to reality in two years, so the earliest that the Playstation 4 will come out is 2012.
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Multi core processor give us very fast and give us very high performance and give us best result than the Ps3.WE will wait for ps 4.Company decided very nice thing.
Curous???????? Hopefully in won’t overheat like the PS3 does… Chefsven
I think this is likely. One other advantage is that it will use less power and as such give the marketing boys something to promote.
Thats the lamest thing iv ever heard it took IBM and sony years to make the Cell Processor. There not going to get rid of it and if they did get rid of it that would be a stupid move on sony’s part seeing that all there exclusive ps3 games use the Cell engine to help with graphics. Which means the Ps4 wouldnt be backwards compatible with ps3 games which means they’d have to make a whole new line up of games. Which doesnt make sense to me.
overheat? you must be mistaken for the xbox 360.
My fat ps3 never over heated even with 6 hours of constant gameplay, and also 10 hours of being left on as a tv/dvd entertainment center,
not to mention my new ps3 slim, swapped out via warranty at best buy, and the old ps3 was still working. lol anyway no overheating issues here, and i dont believe that over heating has ever been an issue for sony, maybe for people who dont keep there ps3 in a well ventilated area.
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keep the cell processor, its what sets sony aside from all the other lame consoles, wii, 360, and if i want to play halo ill stick to my pc.
i heard the ps4 is comning out in late 2012 and that sucks because i
just got a ps3 for my birth day last may.
Not using the Cell processor is nuts. The developers are starting to use the cell not just in games but in blade servers.
As for multi-core, do the research the cell by design is 7 cores on 1 die (Yes 7).
Just make the development tools better, but I guess that would be too easy.
Tom, a big Sony fan.