Fw: Cell Hits 45nm, PS3 Price Drop Likely to Follow

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Septimus writes "At this weeks ISSCC, IBM announced that the Cell CPU
used in the PlayStation 3 will soon make the transition to IBM's
next-gen 45nm high-k process. 'The 45nm Cell will use about 40 percent
less power than its 65nm predecessor, and its die area will be reduced
by 34 percent. The greatly reduced power budget will cut down on the
amount of active cooling required by the console, which in turn will
make it cheaper to produce and more reliable (this means fewer
warrantied returns). Also affecting Sony's per-unit cost is the
reduction in overall die size. A smaller die means a smaller, cheaper
package; it also means that yields will be better and that each chip
will cost less overall.'"

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