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Subj : Re: Xbox 360
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : David Butenhof
Date : Tue May 17 2005 06:22 pm

Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> Gack. It's official.
> 
> http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox360/factsheet.htm
> 
> I suppose that "360" stands for 3 cores - 6 threads, with "0" for 
> "0h yes!" ;-)

Actually, I think it stands for "we've got a higher number than 
PlayStation 3, so there". Both are based on (custom) 3.2Ghz PowerPC 
cores and in general the specs look pretty impressive. Let the games 
begin, eh?

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