ATI to provide XBOX 2 Graphics!

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ATI and Microsoft enter into technology agreement

Holy ****, I knew this was possible but didn't think anything
would be agreed on so soon.


(don't worry Nintendo GameCube 2 / N5 will still use an ATI GPU)


http://www.rage3d.com/#1060871192

http://forums.gaming-age.com/showthread.php?threadid=51375



Thursday, August 14, 2003

ATI Technologies and Microsoft Announce Technology Development
Agreement - 10:26 am EST - MrB
ATI Technologies Inc. today announced it has entered into a technology
development agreement with Microsoft Corp. Under the agreement, ATI is
developing custom, leading-edge graphics technologies for use in
future Xbox products and services.

?We?re combining Microsoft?s vision, software experience and R&D
resources with ATI's pioneering leadership in graphics technologies to
create innovative future Xbox products and services that meet the
lifestyle needs of consumers in the Digital Decade,? said Robbie Bach,
senior vice president of the Home and Entertainment Division at
Microsoft. ?We selected ATI after reviewing the top graphics
technologies in development and determining that ATI's technical
vision fits perfectly with the future direction of Xbox.?

?Microsoft shares our passion for cutting-edge innovation,? said K. Y.
Ho, chairman and chief executive officer, ATI Technologies Inc. ?Our
success working with Microsoft in the past gives us great confidence
as we move forward, and our broad experience and wealth of engineering
resources will ensure that we deliver. This agreement cements ATI?s
position as the prime graphics supplier for the future of the games
industry.?
 
Radeon350 said:
ATI and Microsoft enter into technology agreement

Holy ****, I knew this was possible but didn't think anything
would be agreed on so soon.


(don't worry Nintendo GameCube 2 / N5 will still use an ATI GPU)


http://www.rage3d.com/#1060871192

http://forums.gaming-age.com/showthread.php?threadid=51375



Thursday, August 14, 2003

ATI Technologies and Microsoft Announce Technology Development
Agreement - 10:26 am EST - MrB
ATI Technologies Inc. today announced it has entered into a technology
development agreement with Microsoft Corp. Under the agreement, ATI is
developing custom, leading-edge graphics technologies for use in
future Xbox products and services.

?We?re combining Microsoft?s vision, software experience and R&D
resources with ATI's pioneering leadership in graphics technologies to
create innovative future Xbox products and services that meet the
lifestyle needs of consumers in the Digital Decade,? said Robbie Bach,
senior vice president of the Home and Entertainment Division at
Microsoft. ?We selected ATI after reviewing the top graphics
technologies in development and determining that ATI's technical
vision fits perfectly with the future direction of Xbox.?

?Microsoft shares our passion for cutting-edge innovation,? said K. Y.
Ho, chairman and chief executive officer, ATI Technologies Inc. ?Our
success working with Microsoft in the past gives us great confidence
as we move forward, and our broad experience and wealth of engineering
resources will ensure that we deliver. This agreement cements ATI?s
position as the prime graphics supplier for the future of the games
industry.?
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I bet the press said the same thing about Nvidia and the Xbox1. So who will
be chosen for Xbox3?

P.S.who will be supplying the rest of the chips?
 
I bet the press said the same thing about Nvidia and the Xbox1. So who will
be chosen for Xbox3?

P.S.who will be supplying the rest of the chips?
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Heh,

Xbox3 will probably go to 3DLabs, if they get their Pxx series of
chips closer to the cutting edge (they were behind R300 and NV30)


Don't know who'll be suppling Xbox CPU and audio/MCP chips. I do hope
AMD wins the CPU contract. I hate Intel. Xbox1 was originally going to
use an Athlon 500 Mhz.
 
Radeon350 said:
Xbox3 will probably go to 3DLabs, if they get their Pxx series of
chips closer to the cutting edge (they were behind R300 and NV30)

Don't know who'll be suppling Xbox CPU and audio/MCP chips. I do hope
AMD wins the CPU contract. I hate Intel. Xbox1 was originally going to
use an Athlon 500 Mhz.
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A 1.5+ Ghz Hammer series CPU would be sweet in an XBox2. It's Intel
compatible so it could probably run the older XBox titles. Compatibility
with the older software would be a nice tick on the ol' spec sheet. Newer
titles could run in 64-bit mode. In 64Bit mode, 64bit software has access
to extra general purpose registers (a total of 8 I think) on the hammer
series. Used right, these can yield great performance benefits. The
superior floating point unit will come in handy as well.

The audio chips is an interesting dilema. Nvidia provided the sound
capabilities of the XBox in their chipset (which they later brought to the
AMD platform in the form of their Nforce/Nforce2 chipsets). Wonder if ATi
can do this? Hmmm...

Chris Smith
 
lets not grt over excited and a;; wait and see no speculation is exciting
unbless you can do something about it!
 
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