Taiwan-based PCB maker to ship PS3 mobo in June - July?

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http://www.digitimes.com/bits_chips/a20060306PR211.html

Compeq Manufacturing, a leading Taiwan-based PCB maker, has secured an HDI (high density interconnect) board order for Sony PS3 game consoles, with volume shipments to begin between the end of June and early July, market sources indicated.

Compeq declined to comment on the report.

As in the last month a Koei executive said PS3 may be released in "hot Spring", it's likely that it's released in so-called summer.

 

[Shifty Geezer]

If production starts in July, PS3 won't appear 'til 3 months later, surely. Spring New Zealand it is then

 

[hey69]

until the 21th June, its still technicly spring ..

 

[Titanio]

If production starts in July, PS3 won't appear 'til 3 months later, surely. Spring New Zealand it is then

Start of production of this component in Taiwan wouldn't necessarily signal the start of production of that component period.

Still, Compeq themselves haven't said anything, so..

 

[dukmahsik]

great, more time to save up!

 

[Joe DeFuria]

Start of production of this component in Taiwan wouldn't necessarily signal the start of production of that component period.

Agreed. On the other hand, it doesn't mean start of production of the PS3 as a whole either.

 

[bRoNx]

If production starts in July, PS3 won't appear 'til 3 months later, surely. Spring New Zealand it is then

Yeah, it'll be Spring NZ, but I'll be you we Kiwis won't see/feel/smell/touch or even taste a PS3 till Spring 2010!

Hell, the X360 hasn't even arrived here yet!

 

[pipo]

Might as well be a second supplier, right?

I mean, you would assume Sony would at least have the PCB layout ready for some time. The BR security issues can be fixed with a single chip, or even a board on the drive...

Or am I way off here? This makes no sense to me at all, unless they were never planning to do a Spring launch in the first place, but I don't believe that either.