Wii U vs PS4 vs Xbox One FULL SPECS (January 24, 2014)

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DanneSandin said:

Crono141 said:

AMD APU line is the budget choice for PC builders.  Lots of cores with high clock speeds at a relatively low cost (relative to intel).  They are x86/64 chips usually with a competant integrated graphics solution on the chip.  While they are cheaper than intel's line, they also underperform it significantly.  I really wonder how an x86/64 chip will perform in a game console, since to my knowledge this will be the first time someone has used one for that purpose.

One advantage (?) of them using an x86/64 chipset in their machines is that allows Sony and Microsoft to put windows 8 or other x86/64 OS backend on the device with not much modification.  For windows 8, it'll take drivers.  Sony could potentially use a Linux backend with this chipset, and I honestly think they will since "Playstation is a computer, not a console" has become a sony meme.  They might actually convince relevant governing bodies that this time its true, and be able to dodge the export tax that they are constantly trying to avoid.

haha so many words! and so few I understand in this context xD I'm sorry, I probably never will understand things like this - but thanks for trying! I kinda got bits and pieces, but nothing more...

AMD - A company that makes graphics cards and CPU's.

APU - Accelerated Processing Unit.  This is basically a GPU with extra stuff on it.  In this case, a built in GPU (graphics processing unit).

Core - An independant processing unit in a modern CPU.  A dual core CPU is like having 2 CPU's.  Each core can work on things separately.

x86/64 - This is a CPU instruction set.   How the CPU processes data. 

 

X86/64 based CPU's like those made by Intel and AMD are typically found in everyday home computers.  But video game consoles have typically used other types of CPUs.  The Wii, PS3, X360, GC and Wii U all use a type of CPU from IBM.  An operating system, like Windows 7 or the upcoming Windows 8, is designed to operate on certain CPU types.  Windows run on x86 and x86/64 types.  Since the next Xbox and/or PlayStation may use one of these x86/64 CPU's, it might be possible for them them to run Windows on the console.