_crazy_man_ on 05 February 2013
Fourth Storm seems to be hitting the hay for now.
But here's what he said.
Man, it's late.
-40nm process confirmed.
Speculation:
I was looking at the geographical location of the blocks and interfaces on the die and then compared against pictures of the naked MCM on the motherboard. It kind of put things in a new light. Currently thinking this:
GP I/O's = connection to CPU.
SERDES/MIPI = interface to HDMI out (the specific use of HDMI for this interface was suggested to me by Chipworks.)
Other high speed interface w/ tank oscillator = interface to Gamepad out (is the oscillator helping to maintain the low latency 60 Hz refresh rate perhaps?)
Essay Pro