New rumors about next-gen Xbox CPU specs hit the web

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Microsoft is still not saying anything officially about their plans for the successor to the Xbox 360. That hasn't stopped a number of rumors about the console from leaking, however, and the most recent claims involve the next Xbox's processor.

The rumors talk on how AMD is creating the processor for Microsoft.
The CPU inside the console, code named Durango, has two modules, each with four x86 cores inside, according sources sharing these rumors. Each of those cores reportedly runs on a single thread at 1.6Ghz. Also, the cores each feature "a 32 KB instruction cache (I-cache) and a 32 KB data cache (D-cache), and the 4 cores in each module share a 2 MB level 2 (L2) cache. In total, the modules have 8 hardware threads and 4 MB of L2."

The Xbox 720 CPU apparently has a clock speed of 1.6 Ghz, which is actually half the speed of the cores inside the current Xbox 360. The Xbox 360, launched in 2005, has a PowerPC-based processor with three cores and a clock speed of 3.2 Ghz.

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ZyphrPosted:

Centurial
Zwrq
ME0W
Centurial
SOG
Kixa Cant wait to see the new xbox


Should be awesome! I can't wait either.


Next month we get to i believe!


I hope so, but they like to keep us eager.


I wonder what it looks like.


I hope it looks better than the 360. Or just as good.


I'm sure they have a nice sleek design.

CentPosted:

Zwrq
ME0W
Centurial
SOG
Kixa Cant wait to see the new xbox


Should be awesome! I can't wait either.


Next month we get to i believe!


I hope so, but they like to keep us eager.


I wonder what it looks like.


I hope it looks better than the 360. Or just as good.

CygnetPosted:

Zwrq
ME0W
Centurial
SOG
Kixa Cant wait to see the new xbox


Should be awesome! I can't wait either.


Next month we get to i believe!


I hope so, but they like to keep us eager.


I wonder what it looks like.


Im hoping it will be small..I dont want a bulky xbox...

PGAPosted:

Twist-Version-7 There both going to be good competition


You can bet on that.

imgurPosted:

ME0W
Centurial
SOG
Kixa Cant wait to see the new xbox


Should be awesome! I can't wait either.


Next month we get to i believe!


I hope so, but they like to keep us eager.


I wonder what it looks like.

SynybunPosted:

Centurial
SOG
Kixa Cant wait to see the new xbox


Should be awesome! I can't wait either.


Next month we get to i believe!


I hope so, but they like to keep us eager.

CentPosted:

SOG
Kixa Cant wait to see the new xbox


Should be awesome! I can't wait either.


Next month we get to i believe!

SOGPosted:

Kixa Cant wait to see the new xbox


Should be awesome! I can't wait either.

Twist-Version-7Posted:

There both going to be good competition

PlusnetPosted:

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Dior I looks very similar to the PS3. This time round they are going to be the same console


I think they will come pretty close to each other, should be good to watch. See what console gets how many sales.


Yea, they both probably will.