PS3 motherboard gets smaller!

[Maximus]

But not by much...

http://www.networknewsjournal.com/ne...ets-naked.html

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The article shows the original PS3 mainboard design against a proposed one from Rambus. Looks like they are using the 1024Mb XDR chips now, probably at 65nm process node which should mean even greater cost savings and less power draw. Also looks like the FlexIO (off-die memory controller) has had a die shrink and therefore the lanes are much smaller as well, which should hopefully allow the Cell to reduce in size.

All in all quite a bit smaller...

As you can see though, it is nowhere near small enough for a slim model, a lot of stuff would have to be reduced before Sony could make any sort of PS3 slim. The original has got everything fabbed at the 90nm process and the new one at 65nm, but the overall size reduction has been minimal, probably due to internal constraints of the unit. The board looks much less cramped though so a greater reduction in size is probably possible.