Smaller. Cheaper. And hopefully cooler. Singapore's Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing will 45-nanometer processors for video game consoles, but won't go into production until late 2008 or 2009 as designs are being finalized. According to Charted's president and CEO Chia Song Hwee:

We have customers' activity for products in the CPU space that goes into a video-game device.

This was said during a conference call with analysts. No, the exact gaming device was not named, but the smart money is on Microsoft. Charted has produced 90nm and the upcoming 65nm processors for the Xbox 360. Those on the fence about picking up an Xbox 360 might want to wait until 2009. Maybe they'll even stop crapping out all the time by then.
Xbox 360 New Processor [PC Advisor via Games Industry]

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