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Yet another next-gen Xbox rumour has reared its head this morning, claiming Microsoft's next console's set to boast a monster 16-core CPU.

The Durango kits don't resemble the final hardware in appearance, says XBW (the original Xbox 360 devkits were PowerPCs in standard PC cases), but the hardware inside is representative of the machine you can expect to see released in late 2013.

XBW's sources suggest Durango's devkit is powered by a state of the art 16-core IBM Power PC CPU with a graphics processor on par with AMD's Radeon HD 7000-series graphics cards, aspreviously rumoured.

The 16-core processor in particular would be a surprising addition, as it's future tech even for high-end PCs. AMD launched the world's first 16-core processor for the business market in November last year.

XBW explains: "It's a ridiculous amount of power for a games machine - too much power, even. But remember, Kinect 2 could chew up four whole cores tracking multiple players right down to their fingertips, so it'll need a lot of power."

Despite Microsoft and Sony both denying they'll show next-gen tech at E3 in June, XBW's sources claim many developers are working towards an LA debut for their next-generation software, "whether Microsoft and Sony are ready or not".

It's going to be an interesting few months...

Unless Microsoft wants to hack off a leg for every Next Box they sell I don't see this being below $600.

But hey "dem rumors".

A 16-core CPU alone would drive the cost of the system up $300 at least. JUST the CPU! I doubt it tremendously.

Well seeing how much Sony and Microsoft were willing to lose this gen at launch, who knows if they'll raise the bar higher.

it is the same rumor we heard before.

No, this is a brand new rumor suggesting that previous rumors were accurate.

If AMD's recent 8 core venture with its Bulldozer line is anything to go by, last thing people should be caring about are the amount of cores of the CPU in relation to gaming. Personally the crux of the article is in this statement:

'Despite Microsoft and Sony both denying they'll show next-gen tech at E3 in June, XBW's sources claim many developers are working towards an LA debut for their next-generation software, "whether Microsoft and Sony are ready or not".'

Interesting few months indeed.

but can only be played for 5 min at a time or it will over heat

It would be interesting if Sony and Nintendo end up releasing weaker consoles and get more support since it would be easier to multiplatform between those two than releasing on the 720