According to Cens.com, the first 65nm GPU chip equipped Xbox 360s -- codenamed Jasper, the successor to current Falcon 360s, which incorporate a 65nm CPU but use a larger GPU -- will start showing up in by August of this year. IBM will reportedly manufacture and test the CPU chips, while Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) has reportedly been contracted to manufacture and the graphics chips, which will in turn be tested and packaged by Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASE). Nanya will be responsible for supplying flip-chip packaging substrates (don't ask us). Furthermore, CENS reports that industry watchers are betting on TSMC to win contracts to manufacture chips for Japser's successor, Valhalla, which will combine both the CPU and graphics chips into one super chip.
The upshot of all this is that new chips should be arriving this August, making for cooler, quieter 360s everywhere. that's something we can all enjoy, right? Oh, and no, there was no mention of Microsoft cramming Blu-Ray drives into either the Jasper or Valhalla.
[Via Joystiq]
Update: Clarified differences between Falcon and Jasper units
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
5-26-2008 @ 5:59PM
craig haagensen said...
anyone know if "Jasper" is due to manufactured beginning in august or will they be in shops by august? as there is often around two months from manufacturer to retailer,and ill snap one up when there out, dont want no rrod console and this should be solved with "jasper".
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7-06-2008 @ 1:01AM
sultan.khanfar said...
Knowing that Falcon shows a remarkable drop in failure rates (aka rrod), Jasper will most definitely have the problem fixed for good this time. My only Xbox 360 died on me a couple of months ago, after all the efforts put into repairing it. I'll most probably get Jasper as my second 360. And yes, Jasper will be available by this August, hopefully...
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7-28-2008 @ 8:30AM
tim said...
will this be for the elite to ???? and when dose it come like in the date August what???
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7-28-2008 @ 8:34AM
tim said...
will this be for the elite to ???? and when dose it come like in the date August what??? and how do u know if u have one???
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8-11-2008 @ 6:17AM
bryan said...
is there any reports of a falcon 360 rrod?
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