Microsoft's upcoming entertainment and cloud services platform console could run seven times faster and dish up Blu-Ray.
From InformationWeek:
From InformationWeek:
The next version of Microsoft's Xbox gaming and media entertainment console could be up to seven times more powerful than the current edition, according to reports emerging this week.Microsoft Xbox 720 Details Trickle Out?
Citing unnamed sources, several blogs that cover the computer hardware market claim the Xbox 720 will use next-generation processors and graphics chips from IBM and ATI. Specifically, reports suggest the console will use a new, 32-nanometer PowerPC chip called Oban, designed by IBM and produced by IBM and Global Foundries, and an ATI "Southern Islands" GPU.
