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jmke 11th June 2008 14:27

The Truth About Last Year's Xbox 360 Recall
 
Microsoft designed the graphic chip on its own, cut a traditional ASIC vendor out of the process, and went straight to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., he explained. But in the end, by going cheap — hoping to save tens of millions of dollars in ASIC design costs, Microsoft ended up paying more than $1 billion for its Xbox 360 recall. To fix the problem, Microsoft went back to an unnamed ASIC vendor based in the United States and redesigned the chip, Lewis added. (Based on a previous report, the ASIC vendor is most likely the former ATI Technologies, now part of AMD.)

http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/s...leID=208403010

Kougar 11th June 2008 15:53

Nice.... leave it to Microsoft to think they can design something that works "efficiently". :D


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