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NEC Chips In to Power Xbox

It now looks like ATI won't be the only graphics chip in the new Xbox 360 according to a story at PC World.

“The Japanese company will produce a system LSI chip that will work alongside the main graphics processor in the games console. Microsoft had previously announced a deal with ATI Technologies for themain graphics processor.

The chip, which will include NEC’s embedded DRAM (dynamic RAM) memory technology, will be manufactured on the company’s state-of-the-art production line at its factory in Yamagata, Japan. No other details of the chip or deal were announced.”

Read more at PC World

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