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New 360 chipset on the way?
Ben Parfitt Oct 10 2007, 5:27pm
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Xbox specialist claims that the ‘Jasper’ motherboard will arrive next August
With Microsoft’s new Falcon motherboard already making its way inside some new Xbox 360 consoles, The Mercury News’ Dean Takahashi has claimed that the platform holder is already planning the fourth revision to the Xbox 360’s architecture.
The newest current version, the Falcon chipset, boasts a 65nm CPU which pumps out less heat that the launch model’s 90-nm version – and excessive heat has been cited by some sources as the cause for the 360’s reliability problems. The previous chipset build, the Zephyr, included a larger heat sink than the first models.
Currently, the only Xbox 360 models that are guaranteed to arrive with the Falcon motherboard are the Limited Edition Halo 3 consoles.
However, Jasper will also allegedly sport 65-nm graphics chips and memory, significantly reducing the manufacturing costs of the device and possibly a further price cut.
“I’m sure that Jasper will carry lower costs than Falcon,” Takahashi claims. “That’s because it will have a smaller graphics chip and smaller memory chips as well. That translates into material savings, which means lower costs.
“Certainly, Microsoft will be in a position to cut prices again by next August. If you recall, after it got Falcon out the door, Microsoft cut $50 off the price of the Xbox 360.”
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Posted by: jake - Nov 27, 7:09pm
if you guys are interested i have the new 65nm falcon motherboard in my premium xbox 360 lot 0740 if you have lot 0738 or more you DO HAVE the falcon motherboard the lot number is on the side of the xbox 360 (its a sticker) there will be also a team part if this team part says team:FDOU then you have the falcon motherboard the person who sold me the 360 even brought up the fact that it has the new falcon motherboard end of story!!!