New Xbox 360 Chips Delayed

26 Dec

Posted by Matt Stone as News

It was originally planned for Microsoft to receive its 65nm Xbox 360 CPU in the beginning of 2007, but now it appears that the new chips will be delayed to the second half of 2007. Earlier this April, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, the makers of the chip, announced that they will be starting manufacturing of 65nm Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) technology in Q1 2007. A shrinkage from the current 90nm to 65nm will not only lower production costs, but will also be cooler, resulting in quieter Xbox 360 consoles.

Read (DigiTimes, via YouNewb)

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6 Responses

monir

December 26th, 2006 at 10:41 pm
1

i’m going to wait for this to come and and get my 360 then, its always better to wait, did it when i got my ps1, gba and ds and the second series is always better in every way.
Jim2k

December 27th, 2006 at 2:37 am
2

They should make a new, smaller, quieter Xbox 360 console, Like Nintendo did with the DS Lite, and we all know how that went They should put in 60GB harddrive, sell it for $399, and goodbye Sony, once and for all
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December 29th, 2006 at 10:21 am
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theguy

May 29th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
4

Cool, so this will also reduce the amount of defective consoles?
Roblamont80

September 5th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
5

Sounds great, to bad it is now well into September and still no chip or heat sink upgrades! Only a 1.5 BILLION dollar bill to fix all the POS boxes out there. I have to say I am very suprised to see a company stand by their mess ups, now if they would only try and fix the problem instead of fixing the symptoms!!! I hope to see the chips soon. As soon as I get a solid answer on the chips I will be on to buy another 360!!
Travis

September 23rd, 2007 at 3:44 am
6

Its now Sept 23rd I bought a xbox 360 Elite from Bestbuy it was made June 28th 2007. I’ve viewed MANY post like this one about the Heatsinks and stuff. Well I’ve used my Flashlite and looked into the side to see if I have that second Heatsink to the left of the old Single one they only had in the past and rest assure I’m one lucky MO FO with 2 heatsinks. Its been running cooler and never has froze Once KNOCK ON WOOD lol but I also still keep fans running on it as I play and I only plan a max of 3 hours at a time if that. Oh and BIOSHOCK is SWEET!! Take care guys and get a Elite made after June 28th 2007 to have the New heat sink. Now I can’t wait for the new 65Nm version. Time to pony up the dough and buy that one to.