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"Given the unique requirement of consoles -- the system must perform exactly like the original Xbox 360"

• dman 16y ago
  I just found it amusing as a design spec requirement. Usually newer systems have to go faster and do more things. Looks like they went out of their way to develop an on chip fsb like interface to slow things down.
  • _delirium 16y ago
    Yeah, it's an interesting design challenge. It seems like "design a SoC that performs exactly like discrete chips connected by a bus" is a task that'd have a lot of sneaky pitfalls. Partly depends on how close "exactly" has to be.
    • jdc 16y ago
      Though I'm far from an expert, I would think they could even out performance in software to some extent.