Xbox 360 redesign

Xbox is going through a redesign . Chartered, one of the world's top dedicated semiconductor foundries, has signed an agreement with Microsoft for the manufacturing of the Xbox 360 three-core CPU using a 65-nanometer Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) semiconductor technology. Production is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2007.

A 65-nanometer manufacturing process refers to the wide of the transistors' gates. A microprocessor is made of transistors, which are, basically, tiny electronic switches. The processor executes a collection of instructions based on whether these switches are on or off. A smaller fabrication process as the one announced today, allows you to have smaller transistors, which results in less expensive and less power-hungry chips; ultimately you get to build the same processor but now it is smaller, cheaper and generates less heat. You know during this redesign they will probably replace the DVD drive with HD-DVD drive and it will be the system they actually wanted to put out in the first place. The complete entertainment system and larger game storage.

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