alt Hacker News> Xbox 360 used an Intel CPU.
No. It was a PowerPC based one called, IIRC, Xenon.
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monocasa • yesterday at 11:08 PM
And in fact it was basically a Cell PPE with a larger vector unit strapped to the side of it.
> Xbox 360 used an Intel CPU.
No. It was a PowerPC based one called, IIRC, Xenon.
And in fact it was basically a Cell PPE with a larger vector unit strapped to the side of it.
Wow, you’re right.
Xeon vs Xenon
I had always assumed with chip names that similar it was an Intel product. How on earth didn’t they get sued?