Comments on: Link: Microsoft’s Xbox 360 & Sony’s PlayStation 3 - Poor CPU Performance http://tewha.net/2005/06/link-microsofts-xbox-360-sonys-playstation-3-poor-cpu-performance/ A blog on technical stuff by Steven Fisher. Cat pictures not included. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:58:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: mx http://tewha.net/2005/06/link-microsofts-xbox-360-sonys-playstation-3-poor-cpu-performance/comment-page-1/#comment-26 mx Wed, 06 Jul 2005 04:46:48 +0000 http://objectsatrest.com/?p=42#comment-26 A few of the rumours: <blockquote>"... the console will boast four 2.5 GHz IBM G5 Custom cores, with 128 KB of level 1 cache and a 512 KB shared level 2 cache"</blockquote> And ... <blockquote>"The specifications [...] suggest that the system will be powered by two 1.8Ghz IBM PowerPC G5 processors, ..."</blockquote> Wikipedia (of course) has a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Revolution" rel="nofollow">good summary</a> of the rumours and current specs. A few of the rumours:

“… the console will boast four 2.5 GHz IBM G5 Custom cores, with 128 KB of level 1 cache and a 512 KB shared level 2 cache”

And …

“The specifications [...] suggest that the system will be powered by two 1.8Ghz IBM PowerPC G5 processors, …”

Wikipedia (of course) has a good summary of the rumours and current specs.

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