Looks like PSII will be 'shared with Toshiba', with Toshiba probably having the lions share of the 'brains', with core and MPEG2. Then what is LSI going to add? Graphics, sound, modem & networking? Strange? And who is going to supply DRAM? DDR or Rambus? With that kind of 'dis-integration', might as well go full PC. By Q2 '99, K6-2 with NSP, eh... 3-D NOW, will be <$50 bulk. Do OpenGL, Glide, D3D and what have you too. Really wondering what that system is going to look like.
PlayStation is a coveted system win among
IC makers, and Toshiba's coup reflects
that company's growing prowess in the
system-on-a-chip era. But the high-profile
work apparently will not bump LSI Logic
Inc. (LSI) out of its PlayStation sockets.
Elie Antoun, an LSI vice president in charge
of consumer IC product development, said
his understanding is Toshiba silicon will
reside alongside ASICs from LSI Logic in
the next go-round.
"I can't exactly comment, but the anecdotal
evidence is Toshiba silicon may be in there,
too," said Antoun, who until last summer,
was president of LSI Logic's Japan
subsidiary. "I am highly confident ASICs
from LSI will be there. We are designing
something quite significant that will go in that
[next-generation] box, but who else is in the
box I cannot say."
techweb.com
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