Xbox 720: CPU houses 8 x64 cores - rumour

News by Dave Cook Contributor

Published on Feb. 28, 2013

Xbox 720 will house two CPU modules, each consisting of four x64 cores. That's the claim of intrepid hardware site VGLeaks.

The site has produced a detailed, mind-boggling report on the matter, laden with techie speak that I honestly can't understand. You can read up on it here.

What I can tell you is that the Xbox 720 / Durango is rumoured to house two CPU modules, each containing four x64 cores. The site claims that each core runs a single thread at 1.6 GHz.

The report says of the core-set, "With Durango, a familiar instruction set architecture and high performance silicon mean developers can focus effort on content and features, not micro-optimization.

"The trend towards more parallel power continues in this hardware; so, an effective strategy for multi-core computing is more important than ever."

I'll leave you to check out the rest, for fear of typing something I have little technical knowledge of. Let us know what you think below.

Meanwhile EA & Microsoft are rumoured to announce a timed-exclusivity deal at the alleged Xbox 720 reveal event on April 26th.

Thanks OXM.