The race to 45nm... PS3 vs. 360

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halogamer1989 said:

Squilliam said:

Jessman said:
Does the Wii already run a 45nm?

Or is it a completely different architecture?

 

The Wii has chips that are too small to really be bothered with shrinking. Im not sure but they may still be at 90nm. If im right then their next course of action is to combine CPU+GPU and shrink to 65nm.

Both are at CMOS 90nm process: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii#Technical_specifications I think that the Wii does not need ANY HW changes--they sell extremely well at 90nm and r bought for fun not specs.

 

If I understand you your saying correctly then I don't think you understand the purpose of these hardware changes. The shrinking of hardware has benefits such as less heat , weight , more power efficieny etc which is great for the consumer but the main reasons why a company would shrink it's hardware is to cut cost's . If Nintendo could make their hardware cheaper then they could increase their profitability or pass the savings on to the consumer ( which I dought they'll do this year).