Microsoft XCPU, codenamed Xenon, is a CPU used in the Xbox 360 game console, to be used with ATI's Xenos graphics chip.
Picture of the microprocessor (XCPU-ES shown)
The original XCPU DD2 ES manufactured at 90 nm by IBM in 2005. ES stands for "Engineering Sample" and the device is packaged by IBM at their Bromont facility in Canada. It runs at 2.8GHz, as opposed to the final chip, which ran at 3.2GHz.
The 90nm XCPU DD3 manufactured at 90 nm by Chartered in Singapore 2006
The 65nm XCPU "Loki" manufactured at 65 nm by Chartered in Singapore 2007
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 X
Xenon (processor)
…Microsoft XCPU, codenamed Xenon, is a CPU used in the Xbox 360 game console, to be used with ATI's Xenos graphics chip. The processor was developed by Microsoft and IBM under the IBM chip program codenamed "Waternoose…
Left: original model Xbox 360 (2005) Center: redesigned slim model Xbox 360 S (2010) Right: final model Xbox 360 E (2013)
Xbox 360 Pro w Controller