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Microsoft Developing Console Chips

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-i've-seen-everything dept.

The Cheesecake writes "The New York Times is running an article that says that Microsoft is looking into designing and developing microchips. These will primarily be for the next generation of the Xbox. They also mention it could be used for things like voice recognition. They look to be doing this through a process designed by UC Berkley which makes it possible to reconfigure computer designs without the cost of making finished chips."

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  1. Microsoft Invents FPGA by green+pizza · · Score: 1, Troll

    Another amazing Microsoft Invention
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FPGA

  2. Re:DRM Enforcement and/or Removing Mod Capabilitie by Grishnakh · · Score: 0, Troll

    This automatically shuts out home-brew developments, mod chips and all that.

    Sounds good to me. No one needs all that crap. If they wanted it, they wouldn't be buying an Xbox from Microsoft.

    You want to home-brew your own games, get a PC.