PS3 Manufacturing Costs

[Gilgamesh]

Seihyouken said:

NJ5 said:

@Seihyouken: Do you really think they can save $75-$125 just from reducing the Cell to 45nm, or did I misunderstand your post?

Anyway I don't give much importance to those iSuppli reports, for starters they don't even state their assumptions on the exchange rates. And they're pretty clueless in their predictions which doesn't give much credence to their analysts.

 

I'm sure I don't need to tell you of all people that the revision coming later this year isn't simply swapping the 65nm Cell for the 45nm one. It goes a lot deeper than that. Pretty much the entire innards of the console will be restructured. Heatsinks, outer air vents, and other internal components will be reduced in number, reduced in size, and in some cases removed entirely.

 

Sounds like a Slim PS3 :)

If that happens the case would be cheaper to.