Shin’ichi Okamoto told attendees at the annual Game Developers Conference that chip speeds are accelerating too slowly for Sony’s liking. Instead, distributed computing will be used, which will involve networked consoles sharing software, processing power and data.
Meanwhile, a research note from Boston investment bank Fechtor Detwiler is quoted by The Register.co.uk, speculating that Microsoft will abandon Intel as chip provider for its Xbox 2 in favour of chip rival AMD.