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superchunk on 30 October 2012
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zarx said:
superchunk said:
Interesting link zarx and thanks for the minor slap at the OP.

I would point out that initial configuration in the item you quoted essentially matches the OP. It also been noted in this thread before (this was many many months ago) that there were rumors MS was switching from Intel to full AMD like Sony's rumors. At the time it was only one rumor, but this correlates that with more specifics.

I'll have to search a bit to see if this is gaining traction before I go through the trouble of updating the OP and 2nd post.

I do note that this would have a very high heat and cost for a console. I personally doubt this is legitimate for those reasons alone, but I will look to see where else this is being reported or discussed and go from there.

As always, thank you for the tip.


I only see 6 core Power 7 bassed CPU and AMD 7000 series GPU plus 4GB RAM under Next Box, where the intial config was 8 core Intel X86, GTX570 and more than 8GB of DDR3. There is nothing even close...

And don't you think it's time to remove the 4870 and 6770 GPUs from the Wii U? We have seen the physical Wii U chip and the die is far too small to be anyhting close to those GPUs, even if the die sisn't include a large amount of eDRAM.

There are now several sources for x86 bassed next Xbox, and for a very high end box such as this one http://semiaccurate.com/2012/09/04/microsoft-xbox-next-delay-rumors-abound/ and to a lesser extent (don't seem very reliable but do add to the general trend) http://www.kitguru.net/software/gaming/jules/microsoft-chooses-amd-fusion-ii-for-xbox-720/ and http://www.vgleaks.com/whats-inside-durangos-alpha-kit/. I think it's at least worth including 8 core x86 CPU and the high end GCN bassed GPU even without specifics.

 

Oh also http://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/240009355/amd-to-lay-off-15-percent-of-workforce-in-wake-of-weak-q3.htm?pgno=2

"Our semi-custom APUs already have a number of confidential, high-volume design wins in place," Read said. "We expect our embedded business will comprise approximately 20 percent of our quarterly revenue by the fourth quarter of 2013, up from 5 percent today."

Custom APU desgins for high volume sounds like consoles to me. 

You know what... its late, I'm not thinking. I was really only thinking of the memory as 8GB would be dev kit and a lot more but 4-6GB would be retail. OP is also talking about IBM vs Intel or AMD CPUs and its the later rumors GPU that's close. Just ignore that entire part of my previous post sorry.

I do agree that there is becoming a trend where neXtBox does seem to have an x86 processor. However, it just doesn't seem logical that it will be the ultra-highend (2013 models) that this rumor would have you believe. Tomorrow I'll refresh the OP with parts of this info as they are now becoming more common on other sites and even GAF. This way I can also get the details needed for the 2nd post for real comparisons.

As for WiiU, I've seen arguments on GAF that the sizes prove one of those or other GPUs, so I'm leaving it until it launches and it is validated one way or the other.