<div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>There is a story circulating around the webernet claming that the Xbox 360 shortage is due in part to the lack of memory chips.
Allegedly, a German company called, Infineon Technologies have not been able to manufacture the GDDR3 (graphics double data rate) memory chips fast enough to meet production needs
Peter Moore has recently blamed the scarcity of 360s on "component shortages" but would not pinpoint the actual problem.
"We have more than 200 suppliers and I'm not going to point the finger at any one of them," he said.
It is believed that some of the GDDR3 chips ran slower than 700-megaherts which would cause the 360 to bog down. As a result Microsoft was forced to sort through the chips to remove the defective ones.
Nam Hyung Kim, an analyst at market researcher iSuppli believes that because Infineon is one of only two companies which manufacture the GDDRS memory chip, the Xbox 360 shortage could very well have been caused by manufacturing issues. The only other company which makes the chip is Samsung.
"I was concerned even before they released the Xbox 360
that they wouldn't get enough supply," Kim said. "This was a very aggressively plan by Microsoft. To me, it was risky to go ahead with it. If there is a shortage of these chips, it could very well cause a shortage of the Xbox 360."</div>
Well At least Microsoft has at the least said something about the shortage.....I still think they sent all of the ones left over here to Japan to even get them sold over there....
Allegedly, a German company called, Infineon Technologies have not been able to manufacture the GDDR3 (graphics double data rate) memory chips fast enough to meet production needs
Peter Moore has recently blamed the scarcity of 360s on "component shortages" but would not pinpoint the actual problem.
"We have more than 200 suppliers and I'm not going to point the finger at any one of them," he said.
It is believed that some of the GDDR3 chips ran slower than 700-megaherts which would cause the 360 to bog down. As a result Microsoft was forced to sort through the chips to remove the defective ones.
Nam Hyung Kim, an analyst at market researcher iSuppli believes that because Infineon is one of only two companies which manufacture the GDDRS memory chip, the Xbox 360 shortage could very well have been caused by manufacturing issues. The only other company which makes the chip is Samsung.
"I was concerned even before they released the Xbox 360
that they wouldn't get enough supply," Kim said. "This was a very aggressively plan by Microsoft. To me, it was risky to go ahead with it. If there is a shortage of these chips, it could very well cause a shortage of the Xbox 360."</div>
Well At least Microsoft has at the least said something about the shortage.....I still think they sent all of the ones left over here to Japan to even get them sold over there....