Xbox 720 Specs: Eight-core CPU, 8 GB RAM, Windows 8 Kernel?

[MATRIX 2]

How many 8 core CPUs out now, one from AMD and thats it isnt it?
The only other company to do 8 cores is IBM/Power 7

Intel has released several 8 and 10 core cpu's.

[Morganator]

Intel has released several 8 and 10 core cpu's.

Not physical cores though. I hardly call virtualization technology and hyper threading technology as cores. (Mind you, I could be wrong and if that's the case, I'd like to see their 8 physical cores)

AMD does have 12 and 16 core CPUs out for the server market.

[MATRIX 2]

Not physical cores though. I hardly call virtualization technology and hyper threading technology as cores. (Mind you, I could be wrong and if that's the case, I'd like to see their 8 physical cores)

AMD does have 112 and 16 core CPUs out for the server market.

Do you really think I would make a mistake like that?

Yes physical cores.

Look at their xeon lineup.

From here downwards:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...22_.2845_nm.29

[Morganator]

Do you really think I would make a mistake like that?

Yes physical cores.

Look at their xeon lineup.

From here downwards:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...22_.2845_nm.29

Cool. Thanks. Do the "i" series have 8 physical cores too or is just the the Xeon processors? I know that AMD has 8 physical cores for not only the Opterons but the AM3+ processors as well.

[MATRIX 2]

Cool. Thanks. Do the "i" series have 8 physical cores too or is just the the Xeon processors? I know that AMD has 8 physical cores for not only the Opterons but the AM3+ processors as well.

Intel's consumer line tops out at 6 cores.

[itachi73378]

speaking of xeon, durango alpha kits had intel xeons, 16GB RAM and high end 7xxx series GPUs in them.

I would provide an actual quote from a dev on gaf but I'm not going through that giant thread again

[Two4DaMoney]

I'm sick of all these rumors(tho interesting). I'm ready to see some fucking games and to know how much power is dedicated to gaming and other features(I won't give a shit about)

[Shibby]

Windows 8 kernel would mean super easy porting to and from PC right?

Not necessarily. Gabe commented on Win8 being shitty for gaming, so there could be some issues with that.

[mynd]

Not necessarily. Gabe commented on Win8 being shitty for gaming, so there could be some issues with that.

Thats got nothing to do with making games. Its to do with getting games "certified" for the windows 8 store.

[Sparc]

I wonder if they are 8 threads rather than cores in the consoles.
4 jaguar cores @ 1.6Ghz with 2 threads each

Sounds very much like it will be the IBM Power 7 chip (8 cores with 4 threads per core). Very nice if so. It's a kick ass processor.

[MonkeyClaw]

I wonder if they are 8 threads rather than cores in the consoles.
4 jaguar cores @ 1.6Ghz with 2 threads each

4 Jaguar cores?! Noooooooooooo!



j/k!

[Centurion]

Cool. Thanks. Do the "i" series have 8 physical cores too or is just the the Xeon processors? I know that AMD has 8 physical cores for not only the Opterons but the AM3+ processors as well.

Depends how you define "core". The new AMD chips (Bulldozer, Piledriver) have modules, and each module contains 2 integer execution units, and a shared FPU and shared L2 cache, instruction decoder, dispatch unit. This sharing of execution units is how Intel's hyper-threading also works. An 8 "core" AMD chip has 4 modules. A 16 "core" Opteron has 8 modules.

[mynd]

Meanwhile a Power 7 has 8 cores..period...

Does any one truley think they will throw BC out the window, and not go with a Power 7?

[mynd]

dbl post

[Centurion]

Meanwhile a Power 7 has 8 cores..period...

Does any one truley think they will throw BC out the window, and not go with a Power 7?

With 4 threads per core for a total of 32 threads

[Soldier 95B]

This thread should say that it is written in Chinese. I need it translated because I have no idea WTF you guys are talking about.

[MonkeyClaw]

This thread should say that is is written in Chinese. I need it translated because I have no idea WTF you guys are talking about.

I got this...in Chinese!

这个线程是写在中国

[Soldier 95B]

I got this...in Chinese!

这个线程是写在中国

LOL! Good one! Google translate for the win!

[mynd]

With 4 threads per core for a total of 32 threads

Interestingly, MS best practice for the Xbo360 was to completely ignore the threads.
They suggested just treating the machine as a three core CPU, and if you "must" use it for very very short bursts of threading.

[admartian]

Not gonna get hyped up by any of these specs until confirmed (and even then until launched - see PS3's 4 HMI ports).

But promising that they should at least be concerend with RAM etc as imo "true" open world games would be key to showcase nextgen capability.

[Centurion]

Interestingly, MS best practice for the Xbo360 was to completely ignore the threads.
They suggested just treating the machine as a three core CPU, and if you "must" use it for very very short bursts of threading.

I think the cores in the Xbox 360 were the same as the PPE in the Cell processor. In which case they didn't have many execution units to begin with, and no out-of-order execution. So it makes sense that less threads were better. Power 7 has a good number of execution units and out-of-order execution.

[Lethal_NFS]

4 jaguar cores?! Noooooooooooo!



j/k!

do the math!!

[MonkeyClaw]

do the math!!

That system was such an absolute train wreck!

[keefy]

We all remember the Jaguar but never knew anyone that owned one. They all lived in the stores with only 1 game of the 3 games ever int he slot, that stupid crappy cybermorph or something.