Xbox rethinks Project Helix hardware plans amid AI-driven chip cost crisis
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Summary
Xbox's new chief strategy officer Matthew Ball has announced that Microsoft is rethinking its future hardware plans, including Project Helix, due to a component cost crisis driven by the AI industry's demand for chips. Ball notes the crisis is not improving and that the company must adapt to ensure affordability. Microsoft's own significant role in fueling the AI industry adds context to the supply challenges.
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We are very cognizant of the ways in which we need the change as a company to make sure it is affordable, to make sure that it's
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