Chips aren’t improving like they used to, and it’s killing game console price cuts
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Chips aren’t improving like they used to, and it’s killing game console price cuts
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Op-ed: Slowed manufacturing advancements are upending the way tech progresses.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/29113065

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But that’s what they’ve always done. The NES used a 6502 processor that no one used anymore, and the Sega a Z80 after CP/M went the way of dinosaurs. The Xbox and PS2 used out of date Pentium processors.

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