Ballmer Discusses X360 Chip Shortages
 

In comments made in an interview with the Ottawa Citizen newspaper, Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer has directly addressed the issues surrounding the Xbox 360's launch, hinting that problems with chip yields on the console's key components are one of the main reasons that the Xbox 360 is shipping in even more limited numbers than expected.

Ballmer commented to the Citizen: "In these new consumer electronics devices based on new chips, there's always the question of what yield will you get out of the manufacturing process of the new chip. We're getting a little less, but not much less than the yields we expected, and we know that the yields we expected will probably outrun supply."

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