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Re: next generation PlayStation

I wouldn't say FireWire is slow....400Mbit/s!! Faster than USB2 even. Self powered and very long cable lengths possible.
If you want to compare it with the latest SCSI developments I'd consider that another issue, SCSI is bulky, even the thin connectors are big for small projects.
I suppose for the speed thrill you could go optical.

Luis.


>>> Eugene Leitl <eugene.leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de> 09/06/99 17:37:23 >>>
Joe Zott writes:

In fact they can sell the hardware for the production costs or below,
and get revenue from the products for it.

Unfortunately all it got is Firewire, which is limited in speed and
number of devices (63). Provided it runs Linux it would be great for a 
Beowulf.

 > To put the emotion engine design in proper context it is a larger die size
 > than a Pentium that retails for $250 and has a manufacturing cost of $50.
 > With this only one of the chips in the PlayStation, Sony is facing a major
 > investment to make this next generation happen. Since they own their own
 > fab and have a large amount of cash in the bank, they can afford to do it.
 > Since in last few years the only profitable division in Sony has been
 > PlayStation, they must do it.