Guys,
I don't know about you but I'm more confused about the Xbox2 CPU plans more than ever. This announcement is not real specific and gives so many different possibilities for the Xbox2 CPU. In my poll I gave what I believe to be a pretty good list of those possibilities. If you select OTHER, please post here in detail why you voted that way.
Here are some links to some articles...
http://www.teamxbox.com/news.php?id=5075
http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1067882060.html
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113233,00.asp
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/33741.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1043_3-5101146.html?tag=nefd_top
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/gmsv/7172185.htm
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-5101146.html
Personally, I think going with a non-x86 processor is crazy, because it could mean no Xbox1 compatibility, but if they were able to pull off the compatibility with emulation and a non-x86 CPU, then that wouldn't be so bad. What would be even crazier(as one of ther articles hinted above) is that Microsoft may not provide Xbox1 compatibility at all. Sounds like a death sentence to me.
Anyway, it will be interesting to see what you guys think.
Tommy McClain
I don't know about you but I'm more confused about the Xbox2 CPU plans more than ever. This announcement is not real specific and gives so many different possibilities for the Xbox2 CPU. In my poll I gave what I believe to be a pretty good list of those possibilities. If you select OTHER, please post here in detail why you voted that way.
Here are some links to some articles...
http://www.teamxbox.com/news.php?id=5075
http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1067882060.html
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113233,00.asp
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/33741.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1043_3-5101146.html?tag=nefd_top
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/gmsv/7172185.htm
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-5101146.html
Personally, I think going with a non-x86 processor is crazy, because it could mean no Xbox1 compatibility, but if they were able to pull off the compatibility with emulation and a non-x86 CPU, then that wouldn't be so bad. What would be even crazier(as one of ther articles hinted above) is that Microsoft may not provide Xbox1 compatibility at all. Sounds like a death sentence to me.
Anyway, it will be interesting to see what you guys think.
Tommy McClain