MacNN | Valhalla News http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us Valhalla, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ Microsoft prepping slim Xbox for next year? http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/13/xbox.360.to.lose.weight/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0802/xbox360elite.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft may be readying a new slimmer version of its popular Xbox 360 gaming console. According to a report, Microsoft is bringing a skinnier, faster and less-costly Xbox 360 to market by the fall of 2009. In its quest to make the console quieter, cooler and faster, Microsoft has already begun updating its components, with an interim update due by this August. If true, the thorough redesign woul... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/13/xbox.360.to.lose.weight/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:50:00 GMT Report: 65nm Xbox 360s expected in August http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/08/65nm.xbox.360s.in.august/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0801/xbox360-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />An improved Xbox 360 platform should arrive late this year, according to a Taiwanese publication. Industry news source CENS says that Microsoft has already begun contracting out the production of 65nm chips, which should form a part of the console's Jasper revision, said to be due in August. The timing is also said to be related to the depletion of chips for the current 360 design, dubbed Falcon... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/08/65nm.xbox.360s.in.august/ Thu, 08 May 2008 16:50:00 GMT Xbox 360 "Valhalla" to merge CPU, GPU in one chip? http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/15/xbox.360.valhalla.rumor/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0802/xbox360elite.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Microsoft is prepping a major internal redesign of the Xbox 360 that will be both cooler and less expensive, according to a report from a historically accurate source. Nicknamed "Valhalla," the processor design will not only move both the IBM-built three-core processor and the ATI graphics to a more efficient 65 nanometer process (down from 90 nanometers) but will merge them into a single chip. ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/15/xbox.360.valhalla.rumor/ Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:05:00 GMT