Xbox A história da Xbox 360

[blastarr]

http://www.reed-electronics.com/eb-mag/article/CA6328378?pubdate=5/1/2006

Interesting read...

 

[I_Eat_All]

está bastante interessante o artigo

Obrigado por o postares/partilhares conosco.

 

[_Rock_]

Estive a ler,apesar de não ter lido tudo e gostei bastante

Também agradeço por teres partilhado
Abraço

 

[Sadino]

Muito fixe mesmo

 

[remorema]

Each factory could build only as many as 120,000 machines a week, running at full tilt.

só?!?!?

boa história sim sr.

 

[ToTTenTranz]

Then something unexpected hit. Both Samsung and Infineon Technologies had committed to making the GDDR3 memory for Microsoft. But some of Infineon's chips fell short of the 700 megahertz specified by Microsoft. Using such chips could have slowed games down noticeably. Microsoft's engineers consulted and decided to start sorting the chips, not using the subpar ones. Because GDDR3 700-MHz chips were just ramping up, there was no way to get more chips. Each system used eight chips. The shortage constrained the supply of Xbox 360s.

Então a principal razão do shortage inicial da X360 foi uma falha da Infineon ao não fornecer as memórias dentro das especificações, certo?


Ora.. uma das fábricas da Infineon é cá em Portugal.. e por ex-colegas que conheço que estão lá a trabalhar eu sei que naquela fábrica se está a fazer a GDDR3 para a X360, a PS3 e para a Wii..

Será que os nossos amigos de Vila do Conde foram responsáveis pelo shortage a nível mundial de X360?

 

[I_Eat_All]

(...)Será que os nossos amigos de Vila do Conde foram responsáveis pelo shortage a nível mundial de X360?

Portugal na vanguarda

 

[abc]

Mais um bumpzinho para dizer que a história tem piada. Fiquei um bocado boquiaberto quando dizem que a 360 parece (em design) uma coisa lançada pela Apple mas de resto gostei. Duvido muito que venha a comprar qualquer uma das novas consolas mas enquanto a PS3 não passar de uma quimera a Microsoft tem oportunidade para conquistar o mercado através de jogos obrigatórios, coisa que não tem feito...

 

[Sadino]

Depois do artigo... o livro

Book uncovers Microsoft Xbox 360 secrets

First Inqpressions Two decades masterplan

By INQUIRER staff: Wednesday 10 May 2006, 14:50
The Xbox 360 Uncloaked (ISBN-10: 0-977-74821-5)
Dean Takahashi
Spiderworks Free preview
DEAN TAKAHASHI'S book about the history of the Xbox is a 490 page blockbuster which uncovers more than just the money and the technology behind Microsoft's console plans.

As readers of the INQ will recall, Microsoft lost a heap of money on the first version because it largely was a PC - and internal estimates suggested the firm feared it could lose $1 billion on its Sony challenge over an eight year period.

It transpires that the internal battle over the Xbox was fiercer than anyone expected - with Ballmer looking at the cold money facts, while Gates had one of his famous visions. Neverthless, it seems Microsoft was prepared to spend 20 years to get its way on the console front.

The book says that the Xbox was a "publicly unspoken attempt" to destroy Son's biggest profit source, but losses could amount to billions over the years.

There's some interesting vignettes. A suit at Electronic Arts reckoned the Playstation 1 needed 20 people to develop a game, 80 to develop one for the Playstation 2, and as many as 15- to develop for the Playstation 3 - and with the high costs no guarantee that the game could turn out to be a blockbuster.

The thought of Sony, in conjunction with Toshiba and IBM developing for the Playstation 3 gave a boost to Microsoft's plans to bring out the Xbox 360 quicker than Sony. The book relays the arguments Microsoft had with Nvidia's Mr Big Jen-Hsun Huang. The silicon design team for the Xbox 360 in Mountain View looked at other alternatives to the Nvidia, Intel merchant model.

That team talked to a heap of people including PMC-Sierra, Transmeta and Broadcom. And then ATI and its CEO Dave Orton. Microsoft had chats with Nvidia but relationships had soured with that firm.

The team had options to develop an Intel machine which would be "hot and fast", use a couple of processors including an Intel chip, or use an IBM Power PC chip.

This is an entertaining and in depth book by Dean Takahashi, who currently writes for the San Jose Mercury News. If you want to know the background on the console, and many interesting and entertaining anecdotes about the different players in the industry, this one's worth a read.

 

[pofxxx]

olha o que saio hoje em alguns sites

X360 Demo For... PlayStation 1?

In 1998, Sony gave away this promo item, which features two demos that showcase the PlayStation's sound capabilities. One of the demos is a FPS that puts emphasis on "the explosion effects as it travels past you through sound." Woah, that sounds way cooler than it probably really is. And no, it has nothing actually to do with the Xbox 360.

 

[HellFighterC17]

"It feels good," says Baker. "I can play it at home with the kids. It's family-friendly, and I don't have to play on the Nintendo anymore."
Lol .