> the 2013 date sounds about right for a PlayStation 4
> introduction, although I'd be surprised to see use a
> derivative of this.

Yes, I'm still doubting that there's a connection between IBM's plans for POWER8 and their voiced intention to provide the CPUs for the successors of the current PPC based gaming consoles. On the other hand, a trimmed version of the POWER8 (including SPEs, also for backwards compatibility to PS3 games) may seem as just the right CPU for the PS4.

>On the other hand, a trimmed version of the POWER8 (including SPEs, also for backwards compatibility to PS3 games) may seem as just the right CPU for the PS4.


After that call, I'd never doubt it.