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> XenonXbox2 spammed *7* groups with the following:
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> Oh goody, another personality of everyone's favorite piece of shit

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> "Radeon"...
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> Bel
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>"BelPowerslave" <belpowerslave@ev1.net> wrote in message
>news:41478FF9.C7A4D25C@ev1.net...
>crossposter
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>heh, I'd like to see how you explain why my post is "spam". I'm not selling
>or advertising anything.
>I'm not scamming anyone. at worst, it is somewhat off-topic for some of the
>newsgroups.
>but spam? well, lets see your brilliant explanation for that one, Bel
>'XXXXtard' Powerslave....

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> Let's see here, you've posted it to *7* groups....yet, it's only relevent

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> 4....yet you've posted it to *7*. How many people in AGVNGamecube, do you
> suppose really care about the XXXXing PS3, etc?
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> You do a lot better when you're just spamming...try not to reply, you only

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> http://ps2.ign.com/articles/547/547726p1.html?fromint=1
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> Cell Approaches Completion
> PS3, here we come!
>
>
> September 14, 2004 - Development on Sony, IBM and Toshiba's multi-purpose
> Cell processor has reached its final stage, the morning edition of Japanese
> newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun reveals today. Company officials, while
> expectedly shy with details on the technology behind the chip, stated "It
> will be used in such areas as IBM brand computers, Sony game machines and
> Toshiba home appliances and could change the world."
>
> Production on Cell is expected to start next year, marking Toshiba's 130th
> anniversary. While Sony Computer Entertainment hopes to unveil its PS3 to
> the world later this year or early next, the next generation PlayStation
> system won't be the debut product for the Cell.
>
> -- Anoop Gantayat
>
>
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>
> http://www.totalvideogames.com/page...article_id=6382
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>
> CELL Processor Raring To Go???
>
> 14/09/2004
> By: Chris Leyton
>
>
>
>
> IBM quietly begins work on new production plant, whilst Toshiba claim
> development has entered the final stage.
>
> TVG today learnt that IBM has begun a major expansion of it processor
> manufacturing plant in Wiccopee New York, which has been widely suggested
> for the need to produce CELL processor chips ahead of the launch of the
> Playstation3.
>
> It's believed that the plant will be finished in 15 months, and that work is
> commencing at a rapid pace to ensure the plant opens on time and is ready
> for full-scale production of the CELL processor.
>
> Although there has been a distinct lack of publicity surrounding the
> expansion, it's believed that the $1 billion project has benefited from a
> $325 million cash injection by Sony Corporation, amidst claims that they'll
> need to produce at least 10 million processors within the first year of
> manufacturing.
>
> The news comes after comments from Toshiba's President, Tadashi Okamura, who
> recently told the well-respected Nihon Keizai Shimbun, that development on
> the CELL processor has entered into the final stage.
>
> As Playstation fans will recall, Sony Computer Entertainment's Ken Kutaragi,
> claimed that the Playstation3 will make its debut at next year's E3 event,
> with all eyes turned towards the forthcoming Tokyo Game Show for further
> announcements.
>
> We'll have more information soon.
>
>
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>
> http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/...r091404s1.shtml
>
>
> Tuesday, September 14, 2004
>
> IBM chip site being expanded
> Company is gearing up for Sony deal
> By Craig Wolf
> Poughkeepsie Journal
>
> WICCOPEE -- There were no groundbreaking ceremonies, no politicians and no
> public parties when IBM Corp. began its major expansion of microchip-making
> capacity here. But it's being built -- fast and hard -- despite the
> soft-pedaling on the publicity.
> Industry experts say the reason is obvious: IBM is gearing up its
> chip-making muscle to handle much larger volumes in the future, likely a
> forthcoming deal with Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
>
> Construction people say IBM must be seeing that future opening up about 15
> months from now, because that's when they want the building done.
>
> It's happening rapidly. An internal road called Development Drive is closed
> to traffic, and never has the name been more apt, for only construction
> trucks rumble on it now.
>
> Dozens of hard-hatted workers swarm the scene daily, and some even at night,
> thanks to an array of floodlights installed in a ring around the site. Heavy
> construction equipment crawls over the acreage, which now features most of
> the foundation for a three-story structure of some 372,000 square feet and a
> process floor of 74,000 square feet.
>
> That's about half the dimensions of its next-door parent building, 323,
> better known as the 300-millimeter plant after the size of the jumbo silicon
> wafers that it processes into some of the world's most sophisticated chips.
>
> Unlike the hoopla attending every phase of the first plant, a $2.5 billion
> project that took IBM into the next-generation 300-millimeter silicon
> wafers, this expansion wasn't formally announced.
>
> Rick Bause, a spokesman for the Microelectronics Division headquartered
> here, said, ''We haven't announced any plans to expand our operation.''
>
> He added, ''It's no secret that we are doing infrastructure structure and
> development work that will allow us to proceed with this potential project.
> This is a normal process and things need to get done in a certain
> sequence.''
>
> That sequence apparently goes as far as putting a roof on the structure.
> Massive pre-fabricated concrete pieces await their turn in another parking
> lot.
>
> ''We're working around the clock to meet the schedule for IBM,'' said Phil
> Benante, business agent for the local Laborers union in Poughkeepsie, which
> supplies some of the labor to contractors there. He estimated about 70
> people have typically been employed on the project.
>
> ''I'm glad it's going. We need the work and, hopefully, it will put more
> local people to work at IBM once it's completed,'' Benante said. IBM has
> estimated it will take 500 to run the plant if fully tooled up. Tools are
> about four-fifths of the cost of a new chip plant.
>
> IBM declines to put out any public numbers on costs. But it could run to $1
> billion or so, estimated Richard Doherty, research director for
> Envisioneering Group in Seaford, Nassau County. This plant, called 323-A, is
> about half the size of the existing Building 323, and shares much of the
> site infrastructure that has previously been expanded.
>
> Why build it? After all, IBM hasn't quite finished filling the first ''fab''
> with tools or getting it to full capacity.
>
> ''That says they'll be ramping up for ... chips for Sony and others in late
> 2005,'' Doherty said, ''and they need the capacity of the new fab for
> 2006.''
>
> Deal not yet official
>
> The Sony deal isn't signed and sealed. But Doherty said he had no doubt it
> would be. Sony Entertainment's top executive, Ken Kutaragi, has said the new
> Playstation 3 machine will be shown at a conference in May. Sales would
> likely follow months later.
>
> Sony, IBM and Toshiba are working on the ''cell" chip concept, now being
> called ''grid'' by some. Sony has announced investment of $325 million in
> IBM's plants here.
>
> Consumer products have not been IBM Microelectronics' big business, but this
> is changing.
>
> Playstation, the original model, sold more than 100 million units, Sony
> announced in May, and the Playstation 2 was around 70 million at the start
> of this year.
>
> Sony's early demand for chips will be in the ''Tens of millions'' for
> Playstation 3, said Len Jelinek, analyst with iSuppli Corp., a market
> research firm in El Segundo, Calif. ''The kids are going to want them ...
> when it hits the market.''
>
> Jelinek said IBM's own computer sales and use of the PowerPC line of chips
> by others will be stressed by addition of load from all three major gaming
> platforms. IBM also makes chips for Microsoft's Xbox and for Nintendo.
>
> ''Do the math and it's going to take acres of silicon to support all three
> of those guys if they are the primary design win and manufacturer for all
> three,'' Jelinek said.
>
> Doherty agreed with the estimate, ''easily 10 million Playstations the first
> year,'' but said, ''Whether they're all made in New York or Tokyo, I don't
> know yet.''
>
> From the looks on the ground at IBM here, IBM is trying to prepare to
> provide its share.
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