Microsoft gets into chip design

[jos]

 

For the first time, the company will build its own processors based on an in-house design. The new chips will make Kinect more accurate and responsive using an imaging technology found in military gear, said Cyrus Bamji, who played a key role in developing the silicon architecture. Previously, Kinect relied on an off-the-shelf chip from Israel’s PrimeSense Ltd.

 

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[legopc]

lol in a few years we will have a microsoft proccesor 

[ERSCreeper]

Meh, Could really care till they start making Chips for Desktops.

[kuddlesworth9419]

Intel would wip Microsoft's butt if it tried to take it's domain. Although any competition would be god at this stage. AMD needs a miracle on it's CPU side.

[sof006]

I don't see this going anywhere other than for their own products. I don't think they'd publicly release their processors for the customers to put inside their machines. They'd not be able to compete against the CPU giants (Intel and AMD). And considering Microsoft at heart is a software company not a hardware company.  

[JAKEBAB]

Oh yay now there going to screw up the next next gen consoles with there crappy chips lol

[James_AJ]

Microsoft processor with backdoor straight to NSA, amirite?

[Whiskers]

Keep in mind this isn't comparable to a traditional CPU. It's intended for very specific tasks which would only be beneficial when implemented in devices like the Kinect. Its general purpose processing power is assumedly quite poor.

[JupiteL]

Not gonna change anything except for their own console.

[martinrox1568]

Intel would wip Microsoft's butt if it tried to take it's domain. Although any competition would be god at this stage. AMD needs a miracle on it's CPU side.

i think AMD is coming back really well. They seem so confident that they are going to be profitable next quarter. Sure it could just be because of ps4 and xbox one, but i have a feeling they know something we don't. Maybe HSA is going to be coming to pc's real soon. Hopefully they add some gpu grunt to their fx series

[NinjaStyle013]

Guys chips doesn't mean CPU.

I think Microsoft is excellent for doing this as they are adding more range to their company and through the mass production of kinect they are bringing advanced cameras into a cheaper price bracket.

Ok I need to stop being a salesperson, that's the 2nd post where I've talked up a company in 10 mins

[Wulfgar]

I guess it wouldn't have been cheaper for them to source it from someone else.

[Chevaishr]

they wont ever make a cpu because amd would just offer already tested designs with there custom chip department 

[Matthias2556]

Yay now we can overclock Kinect! overclock until it MEGAHERTZ!

I have no idea what im saying