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Tue 10 Oct 2008TCD to be PS3 chip research centre
TRINITY COLLEGE will announce today that it has been chosen as the location for a research centre into the Cell Broadband Engine, the powerful computer chip at the heart of the Sony PlayStation 3.
The centre of competence, which will be located at Trinity's Graphics, Vision and Visualisation (GV2) Research Group, is being funded by Sony, Toshiba and IBM (STI) who jointly developed the cell. It also received support from Enterprise Ireland and the IDA. The total amount being invested in the centre has not been revealed.
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