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Xbox 2/Playstation 3 Utilise SOI Technology??? News
Chris Leyton
28/06/2004

A report suggests that both Sony and Microsoft will be using new transistor technology in the development of Xbox2 and Playstation3…
A report in Silicon Strategies today suggested that both Sony and Microsoft will be utilising new technology when designing the processors set to feature within Playstation3 and Xbox2.
Silcon-On-Insulator (SOI) is a manufacturing approach in which transistors are built on top of an insulating material instead of the conventional silicon crystal substrate; the result is transistors that can switch upto 15% faster with 20% lower power consumption - something that will help if Microsoft plan to stack three PowerPC processors.
Speaking to Pascal Mauberger CEO Soitec SA, a leading manufacturer of SOI technology, Mauberger refused to comment on specific details but did claim "SOI is in Xbox through IBM. It is in the Sony Playstation. And we will soon have three 300-mm wafer fabs producing SOI," Mauberger told Silicon Strategies. "IBM East Fishkill is running 90-nm SOI. Sony's Nagasaki plant is due online by the end of 2004 and AMD's next Dresden fab is due by the end of 2005," he added.
Source: www.siliconstrategies.com/ - Registration Required.







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