Toshiba will next year begin mass-producing 45nm Cell processors, allowing Sony to put them into a (hopefully) slimmer PS3. The Cell in the current PS3 is a 65nm part. Dropping the chip down to the 45nm 'node' would leave Sony with a processor that delivers the same performance is the current one but consumes less power. That …

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Tuesday 23rd September 2008 11:05 GMT Maliciously Crafted Packet

Why waste the heat?

How about placing em in the basement of office blocks or apartments in towns where the weather is cold, damp and crap all year round (just about everywhere in the UK). Hook up some kind of heat exchange with the central heating system and "bobs your uncle". Nice toasty warm offices and flats, reduced heating costs and zero air con bills.

Not sure what we do on the two or three days a year when it actually does get warm here in blighty but Im sure some expert in these matters will come up with a workable answer. Oh, hang on a minute, I know... we could pipe the warm water to the local swimming pool, that'll work. Wont it?

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Tuesday 23rd September 2008 11:05 GMT Anonymous Coward

Have you heard a current 80GB PS3?

It's got a 65nm Cell and a 65nm RSX (as opposed to the 40GB having a 65nm Cell and 90nm RSX), It's whisper quiet. You really can't even hear it's on, even when it's folding@home. When you stick a disc in, it makes absolutely no noise at all.

Compare that to the 360, it's loud when you turn it on (if it's still working), and even louder when you stick a disc in. Of course, with the new fix-all dashboard update, thats going to be fixed, as on your 20GB Xbox360 Premium, you can now use all your HDD space to install 3 games.

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Tuesday 23rd September 2008 11:47 GMT Eddie Edwards

Shouldn't this have been 45nm to begin with?

I remember way back in 2003 the claim was that PS3 would use a 45nm Cell processor.

So it might be true by 2009 then.

Good old Sony, they never lie.

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Tuesday 23rd September 2008 12:43 GMT Anonymous Coward

PS3 vs 360 power consumption.

Interesting... The PS3 consumes MUCH less power than a 360.

60GB PS3 = 180w

All 360's = 175w

40GB PS3 = 135w

80GB PS3 = 110w

Looks like Sony are the only ones making headway in die shrinks and component improvements, whilst Microsoft is still stuck trying to get the darn thing reliable (and having lots of trouble it seems, as even the latest units are still as unreliable as a ukranian pimp).

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Tuesday 23rd September 2008 15:52 GMT Mark

@Eddie Edwards

Want to show us that claim? I bet you can't Nobody was making claims of 45nm chips back in 2003 (Sony was not even talking about PS3 back in 2003).

There really are some total idiots around here..

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