A high number of reports hit the web today regarding the next generation Xbox console. The tech website Fudzilla broke the story, reporting that the main System on a Chip (SoC) for the next Xbox had begun production in December 2011. Fudzilla claims the SoC is codenamed “Oban,” and regular production of these chips will begin by the end of 2012; this would be just in time for a purported 2013 launch.
Later in the day, the very trustworthy IGN reported that their own sources had confirmed that mass production of the next-generation console’s GPU would begin by the end of 2012. IGN’s sources claim that the SoC will derive from the Radeon HD 6670, a chip that supports DirectX11, multi-display output, 1080p HD, and 3D gaming. The Radeon HD 6670 offers six times the graphical processing power of the Xbox 360 and is 20% more powerful than the technology within Nintendo’s next-generation WiiU console.
IGN says their sources expect the next-generation Xbox to be out in October or November 2013. Developers are expected to receive developer kits this August. Given the legitimacy of the sources, this sounds like the first “Xbox 720” rumor to actually have some substance behind it. A console with six times the processing power as the Xbox 360 is enough to make anybody giddy, but the thought of having to wait til November 2013 is agonizing. Well, anybody ready for a new console or would you rather wait another couple years?
Source: http://www.planetxbox360.com/article_18628/Next_Xbox_is_Six_Times_More_Powerful_than_Xbox_360_Coming_2013
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