XBOX-HQ.COM - Sony Could Offload PS3 Graphics Chip Factory

Sony is reportedly in discussions with Toshiba to sell off its PS3 graphics chip production facility in western Japan's Oita province.

The discussions form part of the platform holder’s strategy to reduce costs at its semiconductor unit, reports Reuters, and follow on from Tuesday’s announement of a new joint DRAM manufacturing venture between Sony and Infineon Technologies.

It is the second time Sony and Toshiba have been linked over the past month. In September Sony was said to be in negotiations with Toshiba concerning the sale of its manufacturing facilities in Nagasaki where microchips including the PS3’s Cell microprocessor are produced.

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