Microsoft · Game Console · 2005
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft, being the successor to the original Xbox and the second console in the Xbox series. It was officially unveiled in the program titled Xbox: The Next Generation Revealed on May 12, 2005, with detailed launch and game information announced later that month at the 2005 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). As a seventh-generation console, it primarily competed with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii.
- Chipset
- IBM PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon @ 3.…
- Storage
- Removable HDD (20/60/120/250/32…
- Resolution
- 1920x1080 (1080p)
Audio
- Output
- Stereo analog, LPCM, Dolby Digital 5.1
Media
- Optical drive
- DVD-ROM / CD-compatible drive
Performance
- CPU
- IBM PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon @ 3.2 GHz (6 hardware threads)
- GPU
- ATI/AMD Xenos @ 500 MHz with 10 MB eDRAM, ~240 GFLOPS
Connectivity
- Wired
- USB 2.0 (3-5 ports), 100 Mbit Ethernet, IR receiver
- Wireless
- 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi (built-in on later models), 2.4 GHz wireless controllers
Video Output
- Connectors
- Composite, S-Video, SCART RGB, Component (YPbPr), D-Terminal, VGA, HDMI
- Max resolution
- 1920x1080 (1080p)
Memory & Storage
- RAM
- 512 MB unified GDDR3 @ 700 MHz
- Internal storage
- Removable HDD (20/60/120/250/320/500 GB) or 4 GB flash (S model)
- Expandable storage
- USB storage up to 2 TB; 2 GB cloud storage
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