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Xbox 720
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It seems
that reports about the next-generation Xbox have started to pour in with the
latest report indicating that the supposed Xbox 720 will feature an AMD
processor to facilitate the porting of PC titles into the game console from
Microsoft.
The upcoming
game console is expected to be launched by next month and will reportedly be a
system-on-a-chip that will use the Jaguar CPU of AMD along with a graphics chip
that is supposedly better to the ones used on the current models of the game
console.
The CNET
report indicated that the chip that will be used on the next-generation Xbox will
be based on the x86 architecture. This means game developers will not find it
difficult to port game titles from mobile devices or PCs into the supposed Xbox
720. Game development costs will go down since the architecture used on the
game console is the same one that developers are already using when they
develop games.
On the part
of AMD, the use of their chip on the next Xbox is considered another
accomplishment following the announcement by Sony that its PlayStation 4 will
also be using an AMD processor. However, Sony has not yet officially launched
the device. The visuals on the game console of Sony will be better compared to
the ones that are currently available in the market.
The
collaboration between Microsoft and AMD on the next-generation Xbox does not
surprise industry watchers since earlier reports have hinted at the possibility
that the two companies are working together in the development of the supposed
Xbox 720.
Neal
Robison, the ISV relationship management director of AMD, had indicated in 2011
that the next-generation Xbox of Microsoft will come with enough power for
individual personalities in the games, which will give them a more human-like
characteristic.
Robison also
indicated that the supposed Xbox 720 will have the capability of offering
graphics that are similar to the ones found on the 2009 hit movie, “Avatar.”
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