Recent content by rasmithuk

This is strange because everything I've read states that Microsoft went with the same on-die integrated APU as Sony. Microsoft swapped out some GPU units for the ESRAM but otherwise they're pretty similar. That said, any source claiming they're using a 29nm production method seems suspect...

I've read rumours that claim the complete opposite. One said that Microsoft have been telling developers that the specs of final silicon are better than expected which should give performance of the GPU a 10-20% boost. The other said that Sony backed out of a load of component orders due to...

I'm guessing this is an old article because Sony have confirmed the system uses an x86-64 processor made by AMD. Emulating the Cell this isn't possible as the machine to do so would require quite a lot more power then it has. Creating a cross-compiling JIT (basically what Microsoft did with...