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Microsoft has done chips since they started making them for xbox since 2003, so they have been in this space longer than Apple. Can read about another chip the
by username90 6y ago
Microsoft has done chips since they started making them for xbox since 2003, so they have been in this space longer than Apple.
Can read about another chip they are making here: https://www.geekwire.com/2020/microsoft-pluton-new-chip-design-draws-lessons-xbox-make-windows-pcs-secure/ https://www.geekwire.com/2020/microsoft-pluton-new-chip-desi...
- vel0city 6y agoThe CPU on the Xbox was a slightly customized Pentium III. Microsoft didn't necessarily design it, they worked with Intel to ensure it met the requirements they had in mind for the Xbox. The CPU on the Xbox 360 was co-designed with IBM, working to integrate their PowerPC-based PPE cores with an AMD GPU. As an outsider looking in, Microsoft definitely dabbles its toes into designing chips but they've always done it with a partner already big in the space of chip design. Even with that Pluton "chip", its more about creating a standard secure enclave system between existing CPU manufacturers based on some Microsoft specifications rather than an entire chip design ready to get sent to a fab.