Inside the Xbox 2 - Part 2 from TeamXbox
Date: Wednesday, December 10 @ 23:44:47 UTC
Topic: Xbox General
TeamXbox.com posted a new article about which hardware we should expect in the Xbox2 (Xbox Next).
As you probably all know 3 partners have been confirmed by Microsoft: ATI, IBM and SiS.
The article goes through to different connections between the 4 companies. Here's the conclusion:
To sum things up, it is possible that the Xbox 2 might use an AMD64 processor (Athlon 64FX or the upcoming K9); probably a modified version, highly optimized for gaming purposes (ala Intel PIV Extreme Edition), that will be built by IBM using the most advanced manufacturing process available at the time the Xbox 2 ships; probably a 90-nanometer manufacturing process or, a 65-nm one, if the Xbox 2 arrives late 2005/early 2006.
The chipset could be designed by ATI, using some licensed technologies from SiS. That would have ATI not only designing the graphic processor but also the chipset; just exactly as nVIDIA does nowadays by providing their NV2X GPU and nForce chipset for the existing Xbox.
So there you have it. This is our small conspiracy theory. It is pure speculation but based on rumors, inside info, and technology facts.
News-Source: http://teamxbox.com
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