| drkohler said: The leak can be backtracked to the guy that sold a developer kit on ebay (which supposedly really was an earlier developer kit). The latest rumour talks about an AMD FX8xxx processor, which is an 8 core CPU, not an APU. If we assume that MS went from IBM to Intel/AMD. A VERY reasonable assumption since MS is strongly pushing to unify the PC/tablet/console hardware/(software=Windows 8) diversity, then an 8core FX8... processor is EXACTLY the right hardware for what was leaked in a MS paper about XBoxNext features a few weeks ago. In the OP we currently have IBM, or a quad-core CPU/APU. This is definitely NOT what will end up in the XBoxNext. At least a six-core CPU is required and the path to eight cores is not that much more expensive. With current knowledge, I'd say an 8core processor like FX8... is 95% certain in the XBoxNext. |
I say a highly optimized APU (4 to 6 core) is a better choice when considering the size/wattage/heat/cost use of having separate high-end CPU/GPUs.
