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Inside the Xbox 360

Posted by Zonk on from the tech-that-drives-the-beast dept.

QT writes "Ars Technica has an in-depth look at the Xenon processor that will power the Xbox 360. It's the first technical look at the CPU itself, its design goals, and some of the differences between it and IBM's Cell processor. The Xbox 360's procedural synthesis capabilities look quite impressive, and I'm not as convinced as I was before that the PS3 would spank the Xbox 360."

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  1. bah by djp2204 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Great, we can watch better opening and closing video clips!!! The colors children!!!

  2. Re:Am I the only one.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In the UK we call them crisps.

  3. What about security? by The+Woodworker · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm wondering if this chip is vulnerable to the Xeon hyperthreading registry flaw I was reading about a couple of weeks ago. I hope so, as I want Duke Nukem to forever destroy those teletubbies!

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  4. Why use 3d in games? by filesiteguy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm curious why anyone would use 3d in games? I find my NES works just fine without 3d. In addition, I've been really deep into Planetfall lately and that has no 3d.

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