{"id":8,"date":"2026-11-08T02:47:58","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T02:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pshistories.xyz\/ps3history\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-11-11T12:23:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T12:23:44","slug":"2000-2004","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pshistories.xyz\/ps3history\/","title":{"rendered":"2000 – 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"

These years may seem early for a story on the History Of The PS3, but these dates will
\n<\/b><\/span>make sense<\/b><\/span> as you read further into PS3 history.
\n(Thanks to winocm<\/a>, for making me go back this far :p).<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

During the year 2000, Sony Computer Entertainment, Toshiba, and IBM(STI),formed an
\nalliance, an alliance that would see the creation of the Cell Processor, Cell is short for Cell Broadband Engine Architecture. <\/b><\/p>\n

MARCH 2001<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The STI design centre opens and begins production of the Cell processor.
\nPart of the above is sourced from Wikipedia<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

2002<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

21st<\/b><\/span><\/span> of March 2002<\/b><\/span><\/span>
\nShin’ichi Okamoto from SCE mentions that Sony is working with IBM on the next PlayStation.
\nSource<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

6th<\/b><\/span><\/span> of August 2002<\/b><\/span><\/span>
\nIBM states that their processor is well on its way to completion, <\/b><\/span>Peter Glaskowsky<\/b><\/span> <\/b>from \u201cMicroprocessor Report\u201d states that:
\n\u201cCell will likely use between four and 16 general-purpose processor cores per chip. A game console might use a chip with 16 cores, while a less complicated device like a set-top box would have a processor with fewer.
\nSome of these cores might perform computational functions, while others could control audio or graphics.\u201d
\nSource<\/a><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

2003<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

4th of March 2003<\/span>
\nIn an article on siliconvalley.com, the author claims the PS3 will have 72 processors on a single chip.
\n“With the PS 3, Sony will apparently put 72 processors on a single chip: eight PowerPC microprocessors, each of which controls eight auxiliary processors.
\n<\/b>Using sophisticated software to manage the workload, the PowerPC processors will divide complicated problems into smaller tasks and tap as many of the auxiliary processors as necessary to tackle them.”
\nSource<\/a><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

21st of April 2003<\/b><\/span><\/span>
\nSCEI announced a \u00a5200 billion investment plan for 65-nm process technology on 300-mm wafers and that they have managed to combine the Emotion Engine and Graphics Synthesiser(EE+GS) into a single 90nm chip.
\nSource<\/a><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

2004<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

11th of May 2004<\/b><\/span><\/span>
\nSCEI and IBM announce the plan to develop a digital content creation environment for the Cell.
\nSource<\/a><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

22nd of June 2004<\/b><\/span><\/span>
\nAnalysts Michael Pachter and Edward Woo release a 144 page document titled, The Definition of Insanity: Why the Next Console Cycle Will Start Off With A Whimper, in which they predict the PS3 will be released in 2006 for $500.
\nSource<\/a><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

24<\/b><\/span><\/span>th of<\/b><\/span><\/span> <\/b>August 2004<\/b><\/span><\/span>
\nAmazon Japan creates a product page for the PS3.
\nSource<\/a><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

21st of September 2004<\/b><\/span><\/span>
\nSCEI announce that they will use Blu-ray Disc ROM in their next generation console.
\nSource<\/a><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

29th of November 2004<\/b><\/span><\/span>
\nSCEI and IBM announce that they have powered on the first cell based workstation.
\nSource<\/a><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

7th<\/b><\/span><\/span> of December 2004<\/b><\/span><\/span>
\nNvidia announce that they are working on a game console with Sony.
\n<\/b><\/span>Source<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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