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New Xbox 360 Chipset This Summer?

Here Comes The Sun Chip rumor time! Word is that Microsoft is moblizing IBM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to roll out the rumored Jasper chipset for the Xbox 360. Compared to the current Falcon chip, Jasper uses less noise and simpler cooling systems. Not confirmed, but the chip apparently drops in August, the dead of summer. Fitting!
New Chips [X-bit labs via Videogaming247]

6:00 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
4,511 views, 80 comments

rumor

New "Opus" and "Valhalla" Xbox 360 Chipsets Coming Next?

Excuse us while we go uberdorky for a moment. We've all heard about the Xbox 360 chipsets Xenon (90nm CPU, 90nm GPU), Zephyr (HDMI and cooling), Falcon (65nm CPU) and rumored Jasper (not out yet, 65nm CPU, 65nm GPU). Now a new rumor has it that two new chipsets could be coming called "Opus" and "Valhalla." Here's the skinny: More »

11:40 AM on Fri Feb 15 2008
By Mark Wilson
16,508 views, 148 comments

rumor

Xbox 360 "Jasper" is Coming Next?

According to The Mercury News' Dean Takahashi, having successfully unrolled the Falcon chipset in the Halo 3 Edition Xbox 360s, Microsoft is looking to further cut costs (and heat) from their console. The next project is codenamed 'Jasper.' And where the Falcon shrunk the Xbox CPU to 65nm, the Jasper will continue the shrinkage, miniaturizing the graphics chip to 65nm to match. And memory chips will become smaller as well.

Takahashi also claims that Microsoft engineers feel like the heat problem is under control with both the recent Falcon's and older Zephyr's heat sink solutions, so buyers shouldn't beware when picking up new machines. While we're not waiting until the new chipset hits next August to buy a machine, we're not so certain the Microsoft has solved all their manufacturing issues just yet.

Xbox 360 secrets: After Falcon comes Jasper [via mcv]

1:20 PM on Wed Oct 10 2007
By Mark Wilson
9,917 views, 47 comments

cooler

Xbox 360 Falcon Chips Have Landed!

It's what many have been waiting for. The new 65nm "Falcon" CPUs are found in the Halo 3 console. Besides being smaller, the 65nm chip is fifty percent less expensive to manufacture and apparently are more economic in heat output. Previous consoles featured a 90nm and have an abnormally high failure rate. According to a Halo 3 Special Edition console dissection by Gamertag "JWSpeed," the motherboard features a simplified heatsink. Removal of the heatsink reveals a new CPU with "CANADA" written on it. How to tell if your console has the new chip without ripping it apart? Check the barcode sticker on the side of the box. The 65nm chipped Halo 3 console was built August 24, 2007 from team "FDOU" and part of lot 734. So does that mean these new Falcon consoles won't Red Ring of Death? Stay tuned.
New Chips [Xbox Forums via Daily Tech, Thanks Josh!]

2:30 AM on Mon Oct 1 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
101,330 views, 110 comments

Latest by n/a: The problem is the GPU, not the CPU. Why did MS only change the CPU chip to 65nm, but leave the 90nm GPU chip? If it is so cost effective, then why the delay???? more »

confirmed

Xbox 360 Falcon Chips Are Coming This Year

It's coming. Obviously. Later this year, Xbox 360s outfitted with 65-nm chips should be hitting store shelves according to The Xbox 360 Uncloaked author Dean Takahashi. Dubbed "Falcon," these chips are smaller than the current 90-nm processors and should use less energy. And that *should* lead to fewer Red Rings of Death. Well, theoretically! We won't know until these consoles are out in the wild, performing under real world conditions. However, Takahashi has confirmed that the chips are in the first batch of consoles currently being made, meaning that they could be there by fall. But Microsoft isn't going to disclose to customers which consoles have what. Takahashi points out: More »

7:00 PM on Thu Aug 23 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
20,820 views, 76 comments

Latest by n/a: @EnigmaNemesis: Actually, right from the first article: The board does not include a 65-nanometer version of the ATI graphics chip for the Xbox 360. That version of the graphics chip is coming later. more »

screeeeee!

New Batch Of Xbox 360s Not Yet Sporting New Falcon Chipset

Brave NeoGAF member and Kotaku Defense Force lieutenant "wonderkins" was bold enough to crack open the chassis on his brand new Xbox 360, one of the newly released Premiums with HDMI output. This inside look at the gory internal workings of the newest Xbox 360 is now largely assumed to be off the "Zephyr" variety, following the motherboard and heatsink form factor of the Xbox 360 Elite. What's that mean? The latest hardware release from Microsoft is most likely not of the "Falcon" 65nm manufacturing spec, meaning the arrival of cooler, smaller, hopefully more reliable CPUs is still unknown.

On the plus side, wonderkins did provide a photo of the new Premium's DVD-drive, the quieter BenQ variety. More shots of the hardware in the gallery below and at the original NeoGAF thread. Thanks to wonderkins for the original photos.

The Falcon and the Snowman: Greatest Movie Ever or The Greatest? [NeoGAF]

5:40 PM on Mon Aug 13 2007
By Michael McWhertor
10,596 views, 80 comments

Latest by tensai: um im almost positive it says Zephyer on the outside label box like all previous versions. No need to 'crack-open' a new 360 just cause lol more »

look out

Microsoft's Falcon to Dive Bomb Sony?

We've long suspected that Microsoft was aiming to shrink their 90nm Xbox 360 chipset down to the 65nm scale. The smaller components use less electricity, run cooler, and most importantly, are cheaper to mass-produce. In a recent update by reporter Dean Takahashi, this project both exists and sports a wannabe name: Falcon.

Microsoft is in the process of qualifying the new Falcon chips and motherboard this summer. I expect it will launch Xbox 360s with the new Falcon innards this fall.
This newer, cheaper chipset will offer Microsoft more room to play with on their balance sheet—possibly enough to counter Sony's recent PS3 price drop with one of their own—but not for at least a few months. Reasons for delay include a shortage of falconer gloves and the difficulty of training a bird to fly over Sony and crap on their head. Microsoft's Next Move [mercurynews]

10:40 AM on Mon Jul 9 2007
By Mark Wilson
3,936 views, 95 comments

Latest by MartenKL: Wow fanboys sure get emotional. How many crazy people read Kotaku? A lot.Sony and Microsoft are both very succesful companies and for good reasons. Sony and Microsoft have taken some chances and lost. Without risktaking there can be no major more »

pc gamer

PC Gamer Convert PS3 Hopeful To PC's For Life

What would you rather have: a $600 PlayStation 3 that you camped out some 40-odd hours for or a $7500 PC gaming rig? More »

5:40 PM on Fri Nov 17 2006
By Michael McWhertor
2,827 views, 39 comments

cnet

Falcon NW's CEO Talks Voodoo Buy Out

Cnet's Rich Brown tracked Falcon Northwest CEO Kelt Reeves down during his Hawaiian vacation to ask him a few questions about the recent buy-out of Voodoo PC and not so recent buy-out of Alienware. More »

11:00 AM on Wed Oct 4 2006
By Brian Crecente
196 views, Comment

dell

Who's the Hot New PC Maker

Now that both Alienware and Voodoo PC have been bought out by huge, faceless corporations, I no longer count them on my list of PC builders that I'd buy from. They're dead to me, sorry, that's just the way I am. More »

11:00 AM on Mon Oct 2 2006
By Brian Crecente
996 views, 60 comments

pc

How To Rebuild My PC

First, thanks for all of the advice. Thanks also for all of the offers to help me build a PC, but I don't think it would be ethical, and besides, I like putting together computers. More »

9:00 AM on Mon Jun 26 2006
By Brian Crecente
949 views, 14 comments