Xbox 360 65-nm 'Jasper' GPU slated for Aug.
Published: May 9, 2008 3:05 PM PDT
by Marcus Lai
Taiwan-based publication CENS.com this week said that Microsoft Corp. is planning to employ a new 65 nanometer graphics chip code-named Jasper in the Xbox 360 console.
The report claims that production of the new chip began in Apr. at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc., and Nanya PCB Corp.
The chip is set to be in consoles by Aug. of this year.
The 65-nanometer GPU would replaced an existing 90-nanometer chip, said to be a cause for excessive heat in the hardware.
Microsoft in July 2007 began offering a new three-year warranty for the Xbox 360 following a high rate of hardware malfunction complaints.
In Dec. 2006, the company extended its warranty for the Xbox 360 from 90 days to one year after consumers complained that launch systems purchased malfunctioned.
The Xbox 360 held as the No. 2 console with more than 260,000 units sold for the month of Mar. according to NPD Group Inc.
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