Earlier this year the 45 nanometer cell processor was revealed and Sony plans to add this processor to the PlayStation 3 hopefully in 2009 sometime.
Ok now you may be thinking “So what, what has this got to do with us gamers” because I thought this at first, well by producing this smaller chip it means Sony circumvents some of the costs associated with creating the Cell, and with a very much cheaper production price will of course levy towards for a potential PS3 price cut.
Reducing the processor from 65nm to 45nm we know that the power consumption will decrease by a staggering 40%., less power, less heat means better running and of course a much slimmer console possibly.
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6 responses so far ↓
1 KHD // Sep 23, 2008 at 1:43 pm
well i hope that this is true… its well overdue!
2 jaime // Sep 23, 2008 at 5:42 pm
have you notice that nobody talk about less heat in chips before the Xcrap 360
3 killasoulja // Sep 23, 2008 at 5:44 pm
ok thats great but what am i going to do when a smaller better ps3 comes out. all the money i spent for mine gone down the drain grrrrrrr.
4 riZe- // Sep 24, 2008 at 12:41 am
Yea it’s disappointing that I won’t be able to use it because I already have one. Although I live in Canada and my Playstation does a great job keeping my house warm in the winters. It was inevitable that a slimmer ps3 would come to the markets eventually just like the ps2, which is great!
5 riZe- // Sep 24, 2008 at 12:42 am
I’m happy with mine, keeps the house warm in the harsh Canadian winters.
6 bruno // Sep 24, 2008 at 10:59 am
im happy with my backwards compatible 60 gigg… been playing mad ps2 rpgs
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