Thermal Design Expert investigates the XBox 360

[WriteSimply]

Microsoft Corp. has logged a huge 1.06 billion USD (130 billion yen) charge due to warranty claims for its "Xbox 360" game console. This is a frightening amount of money for engineers engaged in product design.

Amid current circumstances, where consumer electronics manufacturers often recall their products, this is no longer someone else's affair. We would definitely like to know what caused Microsoft to log such a large cost.

Microsoft itself, however, refuses to reveal details of the malfunction that has forced the company incur huge expenses. So, we can only investigate the cause by ourselves. Nikkei Electronics thereby attempted to analyze the Xbox 360's heat radiation system, having a thermal design expert cooperate.

Here's the link to the entire article. Very surprising (or not) read.


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[JTK]

Great read!

[Josh]

Not surprising, but very informative. That is an extremely tiny heatsink for the GPU.

[Monkey]

very interesting. I want back into 360 gaming to play with friends I made but I want a hassle free console and will be waiting..