Drunken_Donkey said:The ps3 is going with the cell processor not a G5
The cell processor is pretty much a multicore PowerPC 970, aka the G5.
The 970 is the basis for both the xbox2 (which will have multiple chips) and the cell (multiple cores on a single chip).
IBM is also making the chip for the new Nintendo machine. Anyone want to take bets on whether it will use the PPC 970 as well?
Slashdot has more information: http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/05/2332221&tid=137&tid=136&tid=10
-MrD