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Microsoft Xbox Memorabilia
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​Company:  Microsoft
Based: Redmond, Washington

Founded: 1975
Founder: Bill Gates & Paul Allen
Specialty:  Software for Home, industrial and business computers, Windows operating systems, computer hardware and peripherals. Xbox line of home Video game consoles.
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AMD's "Durango" GPU used in the original XBOX One game console (2013)

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Historical Timeline of the Xbox Gaming Console​
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  • Nov. 2001    Microsoft releases the original Xbox for $299 with Intel Celeron Pentium III CPU and nVidia custom GeForce 3 GPU
  • Nov. 2002    Microsoft starts XboxLive online Service
  • Nov. 2005    Microsoft releases the Xbox 360 for $299 with IBM "Xenon" custom PowerPC CPU and ATi  "Xenos" custom Radeon X1800 GPU
  • Mar. 2009    Microsoft discontinues production of the original Xbox
  • Apr. 2010     Microsoft discontinues XboxLIVE service for original Xbox
  • Nov. 2013     Microsoft releases the Xbox One for $499 with AMD "Jaguar" 8-core 64-bit CPU and AMD "Durango" Radeon HD 7000 GPU (TSMC as foundry)
  • Apr. 2016      Microsoft discontinues production of the Xbox 360
  • Aug. 2016     Microsoft release the Xbox One S for $499​
  • Nov. 2017      Microsoft announced release date of the Xbox One X with AMD "Jaguar Enhanced" 8-core 64-bit CPU and AMD "Graphics Core Next" GPU
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​Microsoft XBOX 360 GPU / CPU Semiconductor Technology Paperweight  (2005)
Microsoft in cooperation with SiS - IBM - TSMC - NEC - ATI


​This acrylic paperweight from the Microsoft Xbox 360 launch team showcases the CPU, GPU and other support chips that went into the XBOX 360 home video game console, and the various semiconductor companies that contributed to it's success.

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Microsoft CPU GPU chips paperweight
Xbox 360 CPU, GPU and supporting chips
Xbox CPU GPU computer chips
Xbox 360 Launch Team Paperweight
                                                   

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                             Chips found inside the Microsoft Xbox 360 game console:
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​​- Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) South Bridge (I/O & communications) BGA Chip , 45nm

- IBM "XENON", 64-bit, 3 core, Custom PowerPC based RISC CPU. (codenamed "Waternoose" by IBM, and "XCPU" by Microsoft)

- ATI "XENOS" GPU with integrated TSMC GPU die and NEC 10 MB eDRAM die, both in 90nm

- Microsoft "ANA"  video encoder display chip 


XBOX 360 GPU & eDRAM chips Keychain (2005)

Xbox 360 GPU CPU chipsSold

​Lucite keychain featuring the two chips that were integrated into ATI's "XENOS" GPU processor used in the Xbox 360 game console.

The XENOS GPU package was composed of  the NEC designed eDRAM memory die, and the main GPU die manufactured by TSMC.

​Both chips were manufactured in 90nm semiconductor technology, and together they contain a total of over 337 million transistors.

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Xbox 360 CPU / GPU Integration




​List of Processors used in Microsoft's line of XBOX video game consoles:

  • Xbox One
    The Xbox One used an AMD "Jaguar" Accelerated Processing Unit (APU). This is an AMD CPU with two quad-core modules, totaling eight x86-64 cores clocked at 1.75 GHz. The Xbox One also has 8 GB of DDR3 RAM with a memory bandwidth of 68.3 GB/s.

  • Xbox Series X and Series S
    The Xbox Series X and Series S use AMD's eight-core Zen 2 CPU and custom RDNA 2 GPUs. The Xbox Series X runs the chip at 3.8 GHz, while the PS5 used an AMD CPU at 3.5 GHz.

  • Xbox 360
       The Xbox 360 Microsoft XCPU used a triple-core IBM designed Xenon PowerPC CPU running               at 3.2 GHz.

  • Original Xbox
    The first Xbox used a 32-bit, 733 MHz, custom Intel Pentium III Coppermine-based processor.


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VIDEO: Evolution of Microsoft's Xbox Game Console Hardware (2016)

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