Sony claims their new PSX system uses a 90nm process, but a Candian analysis firm says this simply is not true.
Sony’s PSX Playstation-cum-personal digital video recorder is not based on a 90nm processor as is widely believed but a 130nm version of the chip, Canadian technology analysis company SemiconductorInsights has claimed.
“Sony claims to manufacture at 90nm, but the design rules are relaxed to 130nm,” SI says. “The e-DRAM trench cells are also laid out using 130nm design rules.”
The company bases its conclusion – to be outlined in an forthcoming report Quick Look I: Sony CXD9797GB Emotion Engine and Graphics Synthesizer – after getting its hands on the chip andopening up the packaging.
