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drkohler said:
Machiavellian said:
sunK1D said:

This yield rumor is old...
Microsoft has one thing Sony lacks right now and that is CASH. I wouldn't be so quick to discredit them even though I'll be going PS4 next gen.

I believe if MS will have problems meeting demand they could always bring on line another Chip maker. 

No they can't. 28nm lines don't grow on trees. I'm pretty sure that all 28nm lines are running at max capacity or thereabouts. Yes it can be solved with money, but with a lot of, and I mean A LOT OF money, since they basically have to "buy manufacturing plant time" from other contractors.

Yes, it would be a lot of money but it's not like MS is stingy with the cash when they have a plan.  MS has already spent a ton and they need the X1 to succeed so I see the purse strings opening up pretty wide.  On another note, I thought MS went to a 40nm process just because of the complexity of the chip design.