XBox 360 Designed for Portability? 66
Spotless Tiger writes "XBox enthusiasts (or at least, those smart enough to read Slashdot) know now that IBM's PowerPC is at the heart of the next generation XBox 360. IBM has released a paper (PDF) on Solid Logic Technology, SLT, a processor technology that will debut on the 360. Essentially, this is another attempt to produce chips that are high performance with low power consumption. There's speculation that, with Microsoft's technology choices and rumours of a removable hard drive, the XBox 360 is designed to be much, much, smaller and more portable than its predecessor." Update: 04/15 04:27 GMT by Z : Removed the link to the paper from the stone age. Sorry about that. As much as I like reading research papers...
Smaller and more portable? (Score:1, Flamebait)
Here's hoping they make the controllers for average sized hands, not basketball player hands.
Re:Smaller and more portable? (Score:2)
I'd be more inclined to complain about the weight of the XBOX if it didn't have a hard drive in it.
Re:Smaller and more portable? (Score:2)
I think you can see where im going with that.
in essence the mini is a far more powerfull machine(except perhaps the graphics)
Yet the xbox which whilst being a few years old i do admit , weight alot more than the mini and is a hell of alot louder..ok perhaps im not comparing oranges to oranges. but for example i do have a p3 laptop from around the same time , roughly the same specs as the xbox , yet its a fraction of the size , a fraction of the weight(that fraction probably bei
Re:Smaller and more portable? (Score:2)
If i look around nowadays i can be a celeron or p3 700mhz laptop for around 200 maybe 250
The new xbox will take a (Score:2)
I can't afford the Three Phase Power (Score:1)
This only makes sense (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:This only makes sense (Score:3, Insightful)
This is a given. The XBOX is the only current-gen console that has/had a (standard) networking port since day 1. (Yes, I know some PS2 games used Firewire for networking, and yes, I know they now ship with ethernet)
Either the submitter is a troll or an idiot (Score:5, Informative)
That article is about technology in the IBM/360 mainframe, and if from 1964.
Re:Either the submitter is a troll or an idiot (Score:5, Informative)
I verified the facts after downloading the 2.9MB pdf file.
At the bottom of the first page you can make out the following words: "IBM Journal - April 1964". It does indeed mention the IBM/360 mainframe! Nice troll in the article.
Re:Either the submitter is a troll or an idiot (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Either the submitter is a troll or an idiot (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Either the submitter is a troll or an idiot (Score:2)
Re:Either the submitter is a troll or an idiot (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Either the submitter is a troll or an idiot (Score:2)
*duck!*
-Bill
Does anyone else (Score:2)
Re:Does anyone else (Score:2)
PSP Killer? (Score:1)
Re:PSP Killer? (Score:1)
This is for the Japanese market... (Score:1)
Imagine putting a grand piano in your TV room and you'll know how the Japanese feel about putting Xboxes in their miniscule Tokyo apartments.
As for the name: There is no official name for Microsoft's next syst
Re: (Score:1)
Re:This is for the Japanese market... (Score:1)
Also, gamesindustry.biz is not official. "British sources." What the hell does that even mean? All Microsoft has said about the name is their "we do not comment on rumors or speculation" rhetoric. Therefore, we don't know what the official name is.
In Soviet Japan... (Score:1)
Re:This is for the Japanese market... (Score:2)
You ever been to a movie theatre in Japan?
Or ever bought a Japanese PC?
Pretty much all there is nowadays are American films, all PCs come with Windows, an American OS, the console being American had NOTHING to do with it's sales!
Portable? (Score:2)
I guess Nintendo wasn't so stupid to still be using bricks after all.
Re:Portable? (Score:2)
Re:Portable? (Score:1)
Re:Portable? (Score:2)
hacked/chipped xbox360 running OS X? (Score:1)
Well I hope... (Score:2)
Re:Well I hope... (Score:2)
Re:Well I hope... (Score:2)
And that, somehow, is the fault of their media? Bullshit. PC Games typically come on one CD.
The GameCube has superior texturing abilities than the PS2. I don't know why you're not seeing the games you want to (Lucky for you I haven't been on the GC market in a couple of years, so I can't tell you if they really do exist or if it's because of the developers or what...), but it's not due to space on the disc or capabilities
Re:Well I hope... (Score:2)
The average PS2 game is at least a 2GB DVD, thanks in part to textures, FMV, much more audio choice, etc. The small size of Gamecube installation media suits Nintendo style games where
Re:Well I hope... (Score:2)
Perhaps the next-next-generation consoles with multiple CPUs can start using some of their extra CPU power to run on-the-fly decompression. I wonder if the Cell subprocessors are general purpose enough to be used to run decompression independently.
Not sure what you mean (Score:5, Funny)
IBM Power PC Chip (Score:1)
What stops the ability to add cell processors as an extension on the XBox 360? Extra card with a few cell processors on? That way the consoles longevity is vastly increased...slowing down? Add another cell...
Re:IBM Power PC Chip (Score:2)
I for one, welcome it's portability... (Score:3, Funny)
Just a detail. (Score:2)
Portable hey? (Score:1)
Sooooo.... (Score:1)
Anyone taking bets on how long it takes someone to install Linux on it?
Re:Sooooo.... (Score:1)