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Microsoft Moving Into Chip Design With Xbox Next

Posted by simoniker on from the onward-and-upward dept.

adamsmith_uk writes "According to ZDNet, Microsoft will more actively participate in chip design for the next version of its Xbox gaming console, tentatively called Xbox Next. By switching from using relatively standard parts to more customized silicon, the company can better optimize its game console, due in 2005. At the same time, the move potentially gives the company a toehold in a completely new market."

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  1. ok, now this is closer to reality.... by supercooled32 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    From the article:

    "It is clear that Microsoft wants to get a lot of their DNA into it,"

    thats disgusting....i am thinking M$ wants to splooge their DNA all over anything they can, this is just the most socially acceptable way of doing it...

  2. Re:wonderful by Sivaram_Velauthapill · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    I hope you realize that the Borg are superior to humans. Only reason they lost is due to some lame stories cooked up by the Star Trek authors who were pro-human ;) A species based on assimilation will be extremely strong. Although, due to the their lack of diversity, one weakness will bring them all down.

    Sivaram Velauthapillai

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