Wednesday, April 11th 2012
Xbox Durango Packs 16-core PowerPC CPU
A report in the the latest issue of Xbox World print magazine suggests that developer kits (devkits) of Durango (next-generation Xbox console), were implementing a "state of the art" 16-core IBM PowerPC CPU, its companion graphics processor is AMD-made, spec'd equivalent to AMD Radeon HD 7000 series, as previously reported. The 16-core CPU is said to have been implemented with a far-sight on the platform's longevity. "It's a ridiculous amount of power for a games machine - too much power, even. But remember, Kinect 2 could chew up four whole cores tracking multiple players right down to their fingertips, so it'll need a lot of power," the Xbox World article commented.
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93 Comments on Xbox Durango Packs 16-core PowerPC CPU
proof......
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Slide
no more crappy engine to force games run smooth on consoles.
Just a quick glance at the slide.
Now if they meant to say 16 threads then this is a different story.
one more time "It is 16 cores, but not 16 conventional x86-x64 cores. "
No...no it is not. 4 cores with 4 threads per core is not a 16 core cpu.
It is a quad core with 16 threads.
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Rather interesting that IBM is making it at GF though... guess that is due to the GCN gfx part.
AMD made their first "fusion" with IBM in the Xbox 360...I wonder what they will gain from this venture.
Guess it will have a Blu Ray drive after all
Console hardware dates quickly so developers are forced and encouraged to utilise the hardware, thus making your point invalid.
just with the blu ray decode mentioned plus the shared memory it almost sounds like they maybe putting the cores and gpu in the same silicon, which is quite doable since these arent 16 cores just 4 overprovisioned(ALA BD PD) plus a gpu element would fit ,hang on that config has a name:D
all just ramblings and speculation obv:)
NC37 comment still stands, you are the one who has no point.