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Updated CPU For 360 Next Year

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the whirrrr dept.

Next Generation reports that Microsoft has already lined up a new CPU for their next-gen console. Production with the new chip should begin next year. From the article: "Singapore-based Chartered has been a supplier of less-advanced 90nm SOI CPU products since the Xbox 360 console launch. By implementing the newer 65nm SOI technology, the system's transistors will retain less charge, allowing the microprocessor to operate faster."

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  1. Microsoft screws early adopters again. by Mr_eX9 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Not that they're the only ones who are guilty of screwing early adopters--what company doesn't?

    This article, A Fanboy Intervention, talks pessimistically about the Revolution, but really it can be applied to any new console. See step 10: No console is worth buying on launch day. Or, as the case would see, launch year.

    All of the angst over the new generation of consoles makes me want to buy a PS2 and pretend it's still 2002.