drkohler on 18 September 2012
| superchunk said: While I haven't taken much stock in it, there is at least one recent rumor that MS has decided to forgo the original Power7 CPU and follow Sony's similar approach with an AMD APU for the same reasons. |
That is highly unlikely. Kinect2 (looking at those leaked docs and more obvious clues) requires massive amounts of processing power. AMD's processors are currently considerably weaker than Intel stuff or any Power7 stuff - the rumoured quadcore Jaguar chip for the PS4 is a sad joke in itself. A six core Power7 looks like a good compromise between power and price.
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