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Microsoft has announced the release of a new System-on-chip processor for its Xbox 360 console, having been in development for five years.
The processor has been manufactured with the IBM/GlobalFoundries 45nm process and is the first production desktop-class processor to combine CPU, GPU, memory, and I/O logic.
The SoC part will provide better power efficiency and are expected to be cheap as manufacturing will be less expensive thanks to the reduction in chips. The heat management is also said to have been enhanced and the sizes of the motherboard and the power supply reduced.
Microsoft has said there will be no compatibility issues between old and new consoles, with the new part implementing a latency that will mimic the old system.
Via IB Times
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