Sony Fesses Up

October 30, 2000 10:00 AM

The Register reports that Sony has finally fessed up to the reasons behind the PlayStation 2 shortage. Basically, the "industry wide" shortage was actually, umm, not. I can't say it any better than The Reg did, so here it is:

Some time back, Sony decided to upgrade its Nagasaki chip foundry from 0.25 micron technology to a 0.18 micron process. And the shift, which involves making significant changes to the plant, hit production of the PlayStation 2's Graphics Synthesiser chip hard. Basically, it knocked chip yields right down, and Sony is only now beginning to catch up.

Yields, by the way, signify the amount of good chips vs. bad chips they get from production. Lower yields = Less goods and less profit.

I haven't heard much in the way of greatness for the PS2 games that are out now anyway, what about you guys?