The Truth About Last Year's Xbox 360 Recall

jmke · 11th June 2008, 13:27

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

11th June 2008, 14:53

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

11th June 2008, 13:27	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	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 __________________

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11th June 2008, 14:53	#2
Kougar Posts: n/a	Nice.... leave it to Microsoft to think they can design something that works "efficiently".