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90nm to 60nm will result in a smaller console not because the actual chip is going to be so much smaller, but its power consumption will be less, and its heat output will be ruduced significantly hence allowing for smaller cooling devices and possibly a lower wattage of psu. other components will get smaller in general just because of the accuracy improving when creating these minute circuits.

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PSX = http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/200310/03-1007E/image/psx.jpg



PS1 is what you need, Not the PSX.

PSX = Playstation AND/OR PSOne. That was the original abbreviation of PSOne, however, a PSX was later made EXCLUSIVE TO JAPAN. Their system is irrelevant to english speaking people, so PSX still usuallly means PSOne.



About the shrinking of the devices, I doubt it. Just because sony CAN shrink the system with smaller coolers and power supply, its not smart to yet. It costs too much to change from the mass production of one device to another. With chips, its not such a big deal, but with cooling systems and power supplys, its not worth it, until a few years down the track when they can do it as a RE INSTIGATER of demand, not while demand is still high.

Going to a smaller dyesize will dramatically decrease the size of the ps3, I can think 3 things now that could be "fixed" once a smaller dye is introduced.



- Firstly one of the sony execs was seen in a meeting with ibm execs showing off a 40nm 6ghz cell, not that they'd clock it @ that, but think of it like this, a 6ghz cell @ 40nm clocked @ 3.2 could be passively cooled, removing the fans will cut size as well as the volume of space taken by the heatsink.



-Secondly, less power consumption. The reason why the ps3 is bigger than the xbox 360 is because the power supply is in the system. a lower consumption could result in a lower wattage power supply with could be turned into a (also passively cooled)brick outside the system.



-finally as the gpu and blueray components age the odds of them becoming smaller also increases, having a ultra slim slotloaded blueray drive and smaller more heat and power efficient rsx will also slim the system.





This is very possible and a very good idea for sony to persue.

make producing the console cheaper, so i think its a good idea