Evidence of Possible Xbox 360 Slim?

Since the Xbox 360′s release back in November 2005 we have seen some very minor hardware improvements to the system. Well it appears that might be changing with the possible release of the Xbox 360 Slim. Although Microsoft hasn’t confirmed anything, some recent pictures of slimmer hardware has surfaced. Kotaku reports that supposedly leaked shots of a revised Xbox 360 motherboard have appeared on a Chinese forum and now point to what is potentially the first sign of an Xbox 360 ‘Slim’. With the release of Sony’s PlayStation 3 Slim last year which saw a major boost in sales, we might be seeing the same from Microsoft.

The pictures of the motherboard seems to indicated that both the ATI-designed GPU and IBM-designed PowerPC CPU now are in a single chip. Such a move would not only allow for a smaller footprint, but it would also drive up profits for the platform holder and also allow for price cuts to the consumer.

Here are the pictures:

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