Rumour - Microsoft Have Chosen AMD Fusion II for Next Xbox Hardware

[News Portal]

Tech-site KitGuru has dissected the history of the Xbox CPU and made a pretty big prediction. Analysing the history of Microsoft's consoles and business relationships around them, the website is claiming that the next Xbox will feature a AMD Fusion II CPU.

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[BarneyGumball]

I certainly hope the next Xbox doesn't look like that.

[Shinanigans]

While nVidia provided Sony with a chip similar to the DX9 7600GT card

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSX_%27Rea ... hesizer%27

Given how slowly things move in the world of console gaming, we’d expect a new XBox 720 product (assuming no major issues with Global Foundries) to be launched in 2012.

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Please don't use KitGuru as a basis for news articles on GON.

[steve_rogers42]

Please don't use KitGuru as a basis for news articles on GON.

Shins, i love you.

lold so hard i think i ruptured a spleen.

I think the way cpu' are going the next consoles will be running one of the new two unified architectures, so cpu and gpu will be one and the same... which is kinda good, and kinda bad. The Intel offerings have been ok but nothing too outstanding, and the new AMD cpu's with Gpus look to be the goods

lulz

[Scared]

I think the way cpu' are going the next consoles will be running one of the new two unified architectures, so cpu and gpu will be one and the same... which is kinda good, and kinda bad. The Intel offerings have been ok but nothing too outstanding, and the new AMD cpu's with Gpus look to be the goods

I don't think it will happen next generation unless there is a big jump in tech in the next 12-24 months.

[coatsy22]

Haha. I must have blinked and missed it when AMD chips became cooler and quieter than the competition.

[Bek]

I don't think it will happen next generation unless there is a big jump in tech in the next 12-24 months.

Bulldozer chips from AMD are meant to be out next year.

[^42alpha^]

I used to have an old modem shaped like that, sorta Manta ray inspired. Used to get some laughs.

[zakynthos]

It aint hapeppening. Microsoft only just brought out the new version of xbox360 in the last year.

[506enigma]

It aint hapeppening. Microsoft only just brought out the new version of xbox360 in the last year.

That's a fairly inaccurate assumption to have.

The PS3 was brought out fairly soon after the release of the PS2 slim. As with the Gameboy Advance SP and the DS, the PS one and the Playstation 2, etc.

Bringing out new gen consoles shortly after the release of a "slim" (or improved/gimmicky) version of the current gen is fairly common practice in the console industry.

I'm not saying it's going to happen. I'm just pointing out that saying it won't happen is contradictory to the historical trend of console developers.

[F4tal3rror]

god damn that pic is ugly

[bundyraider]

Bulldozer chips from AMD are meant to be out next year.

Bulldozer was 'meant' to be out in 2009.

[broke123]

i dont know if i buy it. Microsoft and nVidia have been in bed for a while now havent they? why would they all of a sudden jump over to AMD

[MaddMoose]

i dont know if i buy it. Microsoft and nVidia have been in bed for a while now havent they? why would they all of a sudden jump over to AMD

ATI make the video cards in the 360 and the CPU is an IBM one which is produced at Global Foundaries (Owned by AMD)