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The Cell processor, which will drive Sony's PlayStation 3, will run 10-times faster than current PC chips, its designers have said.
Sony, IBM and Toshiba, who have been working on the Cell processor for three years, unveiled the chip on Monday.
It is being designed for use in graphics workstations, the new PlayStation console, and has been described as a supercomputer on a chip.
The chip will run at speeds of greater than 4 GHz, the firms said.
By comparison, rival chip maker Intel's fastest processor runs at 3.8 GHz.
Details of the chip were released at the International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco.
The new processor is set to ignite a fresh battle between Intel and the Cell consortium over which processor sits at the centre of digital products.
Sony, IBM and Toshiba, who have been working on the Cell processor for three years, unveiled the chip on Monday.
It is being designed for use in graphics workstations, the new PlayStation console, and has been described as a supercomputer on a chip.
The chip will run at speeds of greater than 4 GHz, the firms said.
By comparison, rival chip maker Intel's fastest processor runs at 3.8 GHz.
Details of the chip were released at the International Solid State Circuits Conference in San Francisco.
The new processor is set to ignite a fresh battle between Intel and the Cell consortium over which processor sits at the centre of digital products.