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To: ptanner who wrote (40514)5/18/2001 10:52:37 PM
From: THE WATSONYOUTHRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 275872
 
The Emotion chip was 238 mm^2 plus a companion graphics chip which was even larger. IIRC, yield or production problems caused a slower PS2 rollout than Sony had planned.

I believe those quoted sizes were on a .25um process. I can think of no reason why they would not be running on a .18um process now.

THE WATSONYOUTH



To: ptanner who wrote (40514)5/19/2001 12:11:40 AM
From: Jim McMannisRespond to of 275872
 
On second thought...
I may have been refering to Playstation 1 chip cost, not playstation 2s emotion engine.
My bad...

Jim