Posted AT 5:04 PM EDT on 07/02/05
Trio hopes to knock the chip off Intel's shoulder
SAN FRANCISCO — Setting up a battle for the future of computing, engineers from IBM, Sony and Toshiba unveiled details Monday of a microprocessor they claim has the muscle of a supercomputer and can power everything from video game consoles to business computers.
Devices built with the processor, code-named Cell, will compete directly with the PC chips that have powered most of the world's personal computers for a quarter century.
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