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Sony, Toshiba to form JV to fab PS3 chips

Sony is to sell the chip manufacturing plant it currently uses to produce Cell processors for the PlayStation 3 games console to Toshiba, part of a scheme that will see the two Japanese giants create an ¥100m ($858,000) chip-making joint-venture. The new company's name has yet to be set, but it will take over production of …

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Surely they've already made more PS3 chips than they will ever need...

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