Falcon. That's the code name for the project that'll not only make future Xbox 360s more reliable and make the hardware cheaper, but will also help Microsoft sleep better at night. Over at The Mercury News, Dean Takahashi talks about the Falcon project and how the new 65nm technology could be the answer to Microsoft's red ring woes. It is expected that the new 65nm CPU/GPU combo could be implemented as soon this Fall and would seriously help with hardware stability as the smaller chips produce less heat. The benefits are enormous and range from cheaper hardware, to more reliable chips, to less heat being generated. With project Falcon being so beneficial it'd be hard to believe that Microsoft isn't pushing to get the technology up and out the door as soon as possible. This Falcon could very well be the single best thing to ever happen to the 360.
A smaller, cooler Falcon should be soaring this Fall
Falcon. That's the code name for the project that'll not only make future Xbox 360s more reliable and make the hardware cheaper, but will also help Microsoft sleep better at night. Over at The Mercury News, Dean Takahashi talks about the Falcon project and how the new 65nm technology could be the answer to Microsoft's red ring woes. It is expected that the new 65nm CPU/GPU combo could be implemented as soon this Fall and would seriously help with hardware stability as the smaller chips produce less heat. The benefits are enormous and range from cheaper hardware, to more reliable chips, to less heat being generated. With project Falcon being so beneficial it'd be hard to believe that Microsoft isn't pushing to get the technology up and out the door as soon as possible. This Falcon could very well be the single best thing to ever happen to the 360.
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7-09-2007 @ 3:41PM
Xanto said...
Let's hope so.
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7-09-2007 @ 3:42PM
Joe said...
I'll take 2 :)
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7-09-2007 @ 3:44PM
DjDATZ said...
I think once they're officially confirmed to be in the elites, I'll pick up an elite.
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7-09-2007 @ 3:48PM
russny said...
Once the 65nm chips are in, I will definitely buy an Elite. I wish there was a more accurate deadline though, "fall" is a pretty vague and general term.
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7-09-2007 @ 3:54PM
Tony Bowman said...
it makes perfect sense that they would extend the warranty, then put out consoles that won't need to take advantage of it. saves them money in manufacturing and repair costs, but they get the PR boost of lengthening the warranty period.
it's just good business.
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7-09-2007 @ 3:57PM
Leatherface said...
Hopefully they'll make the UK/Europe Elite. If they do, I'll definitely be getting an Elite (I was already thinking about it anyway).
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7-09-2007 @ 4:44PM
THA1icarus said...
They better do it fast cause the 360 life span isn't as long as expected.
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7-09-2007 @ 7:21PM
Deano said...
Can't wait to see some Falcon video :)
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7-09-2007 @ 8:28PM
drdre74 said...
man they need to hurry and do something. My xbox is acting up already. this sucks. Screen goes black when I'm playing and it freezes up at start up now. I have to keep restarting it. Time to send this crap in. I was hoping to be one of the lucky ones but I guess not.
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7-09-2007 @ 11:20PM
Jeramy said...
once the falcon is implemented, the price drop will be a done deal. i think ms will drop the price before hand in anticipation. while it is a bit off the topic, they should knock down elite to 400 and add built-in wifi. that would definitely make it a much better deal.
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7-10-2007 @ 12:42AM
Furen said...
As far as I know, there will be a price drop during the fall
as well,
$399 Elite, $350 Premium and $249 for Core. Nice price on the core
but I kind of wish the price on the premium was a bit lower ($300 for
a premium would be just great). 65nm parts will do wonders to power
consumption, so we may even see a smaller power supply which would
also lower costs nicely (a 30-50% power draw reduction is completely
possible, maybe even more depending on the tweaks thrown into the
process).
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7-10-2007 @ 12:46AM
Furen said...
Meh, here I was thinking that I was one of the first to hear the price drop rumors and I scroll down and see that there was a posting about it WAY before I learned of it, lol.
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7-10-2007 @ 10:11AM
Sircolby45 said...
Nothing new here. I have known it was coming for a loooong time now. I was thinking it was coming this summer, but I guess not.
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7-10-2007 @ 11:12AM
Kelly Gorga said...
With all these rumours of upgraded systems, is there any talk of current 360 owners getting an upgrade for a discounted price? As happy as I am that they're making a cooler, more reliable system, I'm going to be really pissed off if they make me shell out another $400 for it (even another $300 would be out of the question). Something around $100 might be acceptable...I'd prefer even less than that, but it's probably asking too much of money-hungry executives.
I just think it's ridiculous that they'd expect us to pay double for their faulty hardware mistakes.
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7-10-2007 @ 5:26PM
NeoteriX said...
"I just think it's ridiculous that they'd expect us to pay double for their faulty hardware mistakes."
You're not paying double. That's what the 3 year warranty is for. It's silly to think Msoft should be taking back units so that early adopters can upgrade. What are they going to do with all the old units? No one is going to want them and a significant population will want to upgrade.
This does not happen in any other industry. If you buy the first generation of a car, you will expect it to have bugs and you will deal with it. You paid to have the first new "X" car, and you can cry as long as you want as to why next year's version has more power, a sunroof, xenon lights, etc. and no one will give a flying CRAP.
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7-11-2007 @ 8:07PM
Jeff said...
Yeah, in response to 9, I AM one of the lucky ones :). No scratched disks, minimal overheating problems (once on a 6 hour gaming session), no RRoD. The early adoply adopters must have been unlucky in this case.
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