The countdown begins to the upcoming Xbox 360. IBM recently revealed details of the PowerPC processor that will be used for the upcoming Microsoft Xbox 360 game console. IBM’s PowerPC chip will inadvertently face off with the "Cell" chip that the company is co-developing with Sony and Toshiba for the Xbox 360 rival, Sony PlayStation 3. The PowerPC chip for the Xbox 360 will already be 64-bit since its predecessor was installed in many IBM server models. The company used its 90-nanometer manufacturing plants in New York, USA and Singapore to produce the custom-made chip. The PowerPc Processor chip includes three of these cores, each with two simultaneous threads and clock speeds greater than 3 GHz. It features 165 million transistors and is fabricated using IBM’s 90 nanometer Silicon on Insulator (SOI) technology to reduce heat and improve performance. The chip’s innovative 21.6 GB/s Front Side Bus (FSB) Architecture was customized to meet the demanding throughput and latency requirements of the Xbox 360 gaming platform software.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Revelation of the Xbox 360 PowerPc Processor
The countdown begins to the upcoming Xbox 360. IBM recently revealed details of the PowerPC processor that will be used for the upcoming Microsoft Xbox 360 game console. IBM’s PowerPC chip will inadvertently face off with the "Cell" chip that the company is co-developing with Sony and Toshiba for the Xbox 360 rival, Sony PlayStation 3. The PowerPC chip for the Xbox 360 will already be 64-bit since its predecessor was installed in many IBM server models. The company used its 90-nanometer manufacturing plants in New York, USA and Singapore to produce the custom-made chip. The PowerPc Processor chip includes three of these cores, each with two simultaneous threads and clock speeds greater than 3 GHz. It features 165 million transistors and is fabricated using IBM’s 90 nanometer Silicon on Insulator (SOI) technology to reduce heat and improve performance. The chip’s innovative 21.6 GB/s Front Side Bus (FSB) Architecture was customized to meet the demanding throughput and latency requirements of the Xbox 360 gaming platform software.
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