5 ms·

If that's true, then it may be better to disable that particular opcode itself from the chip.

• rwmj 9y ago
  84 million XBox 360s in the wild so it may be a bit late for that :-) Consoles have very predictable patterns of execution and only run a limited set of software so it's not so much a problem there. It would be a much more serious problem if this was a chip for a general purpose PC.
  • fulafel 9y ago
    There may still be JITs and web browsers on consoles.
    • kabdib 9y ago
      The 360 didn't open up the ability for titles to generate their own code and run it. Some internal features of the 360 did (the back compat stuff, and some other projects I can't talk about), but in general you couldn't JIT without some special permissions bits.
      • mst 9y ago
        And presumably once you have those, you're already on the other side of the airtight hatchway and can control the machine directly?