PS3 To Get Cheaper Using IBM’s Upcoming 45nm Chips
9 February 2008
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IBM is preparing 45nm chips that might get into the PS3. The chips will soon get in production, as they said and will be 34% smaller than the 65nm ones, while using up to 40% less power than them. Those are great news for future PS3 buyers, as they will be more reliable and heat less, but not only for them. Also Sony will save some money with those new chips. Of course Microsoft couldn’t stay away and they are also preparing 45nm chips for the Xbox 360, as they stated last year, but no release date has been made official.
Manufacturing cost reduction is a core competence at Sony. They also have a new BluRay laser diode in the PS3 and have stripped out backwards compatibility and a load of other features.
They are gearing up for a price war with Microsoft.
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