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IBM To Design Technology For XBox 2 CPU

Posted by simoniker on from the the-audience-is-watching dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to Biz Ink, 'Microsoft has licensed leading-edge semiconductor processor technology from IBM for use in future Xbox products and services to be announced at a later date..' IBM are already working on the PlayStation 3 CPU alongside Toshiba, and have a relationship with Nintendo after making the GameCube CPU, though there's been no official announcement on GameCube 2's hardware. Is the next-gen hardware war heating up?"

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  1. Tough Luck, Intel! by stevesliva · · Score: 2, Funny

    All your console are belong to IBM.

    --
    Who do you get to be an expert to tell you something's not obvious? The least insightful person you can find? -J Roberts
  2. Make things short... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    1) XBox and PS2 fans: "Nintendo Sucks!"
    2) XBox and Nintendo fans: "PS2 Sucks!"
    3) PS2 and Nintendo fans "XBox Sucks!"

    It's great that I'm a IBM fan and can afford all three consoles :)

    Good night!

  3. Re:When by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm not a moron. I know how to pick my hardware and build a 1337 gaming rig without having some company pick it for me.

    And you can do this for $99??

  4. Re:Better Question: by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 4, Funny
    Why doesn't IBM just cut out the middle-man and get into the console business for themselves?

    Egad, man--imagine it! Big Blue with their own console--hell, just the tag line alone would be enough to induce acute narcolepsy:

    Introducing the new IBM IES/90 Interactive Entertainment System. IBM IES/90: the right solution for your personal entertainment needs.

    (System ships with Advanced Tactical Defensive Missile Systems Operator 1.0. Click here for a list of authorized IES/90 vendors and resellers.)

    --

    Obliteracy: Words with explosions

  5. Re:Is it still going to be X86? by Aliencow · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just a minor nit, the DC was not CE based, it had a CE sticker and could boot it from a CD, but almost no game ever used it cause it sucked.

  6. Re:Sucks to be Nintendo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah, and Mercedes Benz should drop the car business and jump right into the hood ornament industry. I already have a Toyota, and it sucks that it didn't come with a tripoint star on the damn hood. :(