XBox Price Cuts – The financial effect on the division – A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

[Squilliam]

bumidan said:

Squilliam said:
2006 - http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multimedia/display/20061120132150.html

"A year ago the total bill of materials (BOM) cost for the Xbox 360 Premium, including hard disk, the DVD drive, enclosures, the Radio Frequency (RF) receiver board, power supply, wireless controller, cables, literature, and packaging, reached $525, well above the retail price of $399, according to iSuppli. Considering the up to date BOM, Microsoft has managed to reduce the pricing of its console by over 38.5%."

So if thats true - Zephur = $325

Falcon =?
Jasper =?

Is that updated?  $325 is for what? a Pro - 20GB?

Does that take into account volume discounts already?

 

$325 for an Xbox360 pro. Zephur model - It goes Original -> Zephyr -> Falcon -> Jasper.

For the Jasper shrink heres some new info.

Die sizes, Zephur:

• CPU 176mm^2 @90nm
• GPU 182mm^2 @90nm
• ED Ram 80mm^2 @90nm?
• Total: 438mm^2

Die sizes, Falcon:

• CPU 133mm^2 @65nm (25% reduction)
• GPU 156mm^2 @80nm? (14% reduction
• Ed RAM 68mm^2 @80nm? (15% reduction)
• Total 357mm^2 (22% reduction)

Estimated die sizes: Jasper:

• CPU 133mm^2 @65nm
• GPU 100mm^2 @65nm (Aprox)
• Edram 44mm^2 @65nm (Aprox)
• Total 277nm @65nm (Aprox) (22% reduction)

Also shrunk - DRAM dies.