X-Box

• • Manufacturer: Microsoft

• Designer:

• Generation: sixth

• Bits: 64 bits

• Year Released: 2001

• Units sold: 24+ million (as of May 26, 2006)

• Media: DVD, CD

• Summary: Though the x-box is no longer continued, it is still well known for it's impressive technology, and spectacular games. X-box is responsible for some of the popular titles that include Halo, Ninja Gaiden, and Fable.

History

X-box had been Microsoft's first product in the video game market. Microsoft delayed the release of the console numerous times. Back then, CEO Bill Gates explained that a gaming/multimedia device was needed to converge multimedia into the new times. When Bill Gates unveiled the Xbox at the Game Developers Conference in 2000, audiences were amazed by the technology that presented itself within the console.

Hardware

Central Processing Unit: 32 bit 733Mhz, 133 MHz 64-bit GTL(Gunning Transceiver Logic)+ front sided bus (the bus that carries data between the CPU and the northbridge) GPU (graphics processing unit)

Shared Memory Subsystem: 64 MB DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous dynamic random access memory) at 200 MHz

GPU: 233 MHz

Audio Processor: 64 3D sound channels

External Hardware

8 MB memory card

Controller Ports: 4 Proprietary USB 1.1 ports

Notable Qualities

• The Xbox was the first to possess a hard disk drive, which was mainly used for storing game saves and content that was downloaded from Xbox Live.

• The Xbox was the first gaming product to feature Dolby Interactive Content-Encoding Technology. This allows real-time Dolby Digital encoding in game consoles.

• The console possesses a DVD player.

• X-box live allowed gamers to play online Xbox games with other people from around the world. It also allowed you to download new content directly to the system

Notable Titles

• Fable

• Halo: Combat Evolved

• Halo 2

• Ninja Gaiden

• Dead or Alive 3

• Project Gotham Racing

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-box