So with the switch over to PPC that basically wihpes out backwards compatibility right? Seem like a silly move to me, but I suppose I'm not a big company.
Originally posted by stoid
Hmmm, what an interesting change..
Could it be because the x86 processor system is running out of steam really fast.
Originally posted by Omad0n
So with the switch over to PPC that basically wihpes out backwards compatibility right? Seem like a silly move to me, but I suppose I'm not a big company.
In console's backwards compatibility is over-rated, IMO.Originally posted by Omad0n
So with the switch over to PPC that basically wihpes out backwards compatibility right? Seem like a silly move to me, but I suppose I'm not a big company.
Originally posted by Omad0n
So with the switch over to PPC that basically wihpes out backwards compatibility right? Seem like a silly move to me, but I suppose I'm not a big company.
Originally posted by nagromme
Could the author's misunderstanding be simply this? 3 IBM chips: one PPC CPU, and two cheaper, custom supporting chips?
Originally posted by eric_n_dfw
I wonder if they didn't mean 3 IBM designed processors - one (or two) of them being 970 derivatives and the other(s) being support chip(s).
I've never seen a 3 CPU machine. I suppose it is possible, but it always seems that (other than "1") CPU's always travel in even numbers.
Originally posted by Stike
As far as I know, the Cell processor is NOT IBM-based. Its a new design, conceived by Sony, built in cooperation with Toshiba and IBM.
Originally posted by Mac-Xpert
If the chips are dual-core you would essentially have 6 processors, which would make it a even number again.
You're right.. .Maybe the author meant, faster than personal computers of today.Originally posted by mgargan1
i don't see MS making a faster gaming machine than traditional computer.
In contrast with the current Xbox, the next one will have no hard disk drive -- unless Sony puts one in the PlayStation 3. Instead, the console will rely on flash memory to store saved games and permanent data, much like the current PlayStation 2.
The machine also will have about 256 megabytes of dynamic random access memory. But Microsoft will upgrade that to 512 megabytes if Sony puts in more.
Internally, Microsoft has begun developing game prototypes, and it is using G5 systems to do so
How I'd love Half-Life 2 to debut/appear on the Mac.
Originally posted by iGAV
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Originally posted by andyduncan
I'm betting that a little game of telephone went on here.
I think it's much more plausible that someone said the system will contain three IBM chips, and that the processors will be based on the 64 bit 9xx line.
Somewhere along the line from source to publication this got twisted into three processors, when it might have meant two processors and a System Controller/Northbridge. Or even a dual-core chip plus northbridge.
3 chips isn't unheard of (Sun had some three chip machines), but it's not a common configuration.
Originally posted by crees!
Check out these excerpts from the Mercury News article. Seems like a lack of confidence on M$'s part.
I mean WTF right? I'm never going to deliberately buy any M$ products ever again.