rocketpig on 19 July 2007
| Crono said: The 50% cost reduction is probably only in reference to the cost of the chips themselves, not the whole x-box. And, at least in PC's, the main CPU usually isn't the most expensive part. MS needs a price reduction. And once the "Falcon" hits the market, I'll be trading in my old box (if it still works) for a newer one. |
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It's not a 50% price drop on the entire unit cost... Just the CPU and GPU. Those are the only units that will switch over (RAM might, but I doubt it... RAM is usually behind the curve in process). Of course, those two components make up over 50% of the unit cost in total so it will still save MS a boatload to switch to 65nm.
I'm actually surprised that it is taking them this long to do this. IBM has had 65nm process up and running for nearly a year IIRC.
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