40 GB PS3 Runs On 65nm Chips
October 30th, 2007 Posted in Business, Featured, Hardware, News, PlayStation 3, Technology by James
Now here’s a pleasant surprise to all potential PS3 owners: the 40 GB version uses the new 65nm Cell CPU (as opposed to the 90nm version). According to German site computerbase.de (translation of the article here), it’s not only the Cell that he been shrunk down to 65nm, the Nvidia RSX graphics chip has also been shrunk to 65nm. In all, the PS3 now consumes 135W of power, compared to over 200W before. And of course, it runs a lot cooler and quieter.
Sony also updated to mainboard, the cooling solution and added an on board battery to save the time when the console is unplugged from the wall. Finally some rather great news for potential PS3 users, now all we need is some good games.