Microsoft Corp. and IBM Corp.'s Technology Group announced today (Nov. 3) that the next- generation Xbox electronic game console will use a yet-to-be-designated IBM processor.IBM's chip will replace ...

IBM Corp. said a microprocessor custom-built for Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 game console is in production at its East Fishkill, New York, chip factory and at Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd.

IBM is claiming that their new 5.2GHz z196 processor is the worlds fastest processor. Of course we have seen consumer processors reach greater speeds, although this usually involves a serious amount ...

Sony‘s years-long quest to build the world’s most powerful chip in the PS3’s Cell may have inadvertently led to the creation of the Xbox 360’s own processor, according to a new book by the people who ...

Help is on the way for those overheating Xbox 360s—the triple-core processors inside the Microsoft gaming console are slated for an upgrade early next year. Chartered Semiconductor, one of two ...

One of the ways that Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo gradually reduce the price of consoles is by adopting increasingly advanced manufacturing technologies that reduce the size and power consumption of ...

One of the most common consumer complaints about the next-gen console is that its graphics capability requires a central processing unit which needs to be cooled by a constantly running, ...

In an attempt to cut down on the Xbox 360's power issues, MS will switch to a version of the Xenon CPU fabbed on a 65nm die process, beginning in 2007. The CPUs will be made by Chartered Semiconductor ...

Microsoft has signed up IBM to manufacture chips for the "future" generations of its Xbox console. According to a statement offered by both companies, Microsoft has "licensed leading-edge processor ...