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Samsung's Graphics Memory Powers Xbox 360-- Posted by XanTium on November 29 19:45 EST
From teamxbox.com:

Samsung Electronics said today it is providing the majority of graphics memory for the launch phase of Microsoft Corporation's state-of-the-art Xbox 360 multimedia console.

Running at 700 MHz, the Samsung 512megabit (16Mbx32) GDDR3 will transmit data at 5.6GBps (gigabytes per second) per chip -- 3.5 times faster than the memory used in the first Xbox -- enabling real-time generation of near-cinematic animation in games. At a system level, the 512Mb density will allow the Xbox 360 to provide eight times the capacity of the first Xbox to store highly detailed textures that depict more life-like images. The higher transmission speed and additional capacity also will accommodate expanded image processing needs anticipated for storing electronically-formatted photographs, movies, music videos and other compressed video files.
The Samsung graphics memory is built on industry-leading 90 nanometer (nm) process technology using 300 millimeter (mm) wafers. It will interface with a graphics processor co-developed by Microsoft and ATI Technologies, Inc.

Read More: teamxbox.com.

[Flagg3]

QUOTE( @ Nov 29 2005, 07:52 PM)

The higher transmission speed and additional capacity also will accommodate expanded image processing needs anticipated for storing electronically-formatted photographs, movies, music videos and other compressed video files.

Yeah, because the original Xbox was way too underpowered to handle things like movie, music and photos!   (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotfl.gif)

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[ksteiner]

Samsung's a pretty good brand i got a samsung tv and its pretty nice.

[DWells55]

This explains the Samsung ads plastered in PD0.

[lowendfrequency]

QUOTE(DWells55 @ Nov 29 2005, 08:51 PM)

This explains the Samsung ads plastered in PD0.

That's because Samsung is the official HDTV of the Xbox360.  Damn marketing ploys.