where the hell did all you guys learn this stuff.
I learned all my comp. engineering while studying comp. sci. in college.
Now I study things like isostatic rebound, seismic profiling, etc. though, so the technical jargon has always stuck around much too long.
However, I try to keep my comments in threads like this to a minimum, but thats as much from my not being educated recently or highly enough to really dig into hardware as complex as this.
Really amazing where consoles have gone though. From simple little game machines to the cutting edge of real time computing. Funny how a billion dollar industry boom will do that.
And from the description of Xenos, it sounds very custom, so anything not needed will be stripped out.
k, I know its still up in the air just how much RSX will be like the G70 or whatever nVidia is currently codenaming their next chipset, but removing anything not needed is a pretty obvious step when customizing for the PS3. Neither chip is likely to have dead weight left dragging along I wouldn't think, they'll make use of every last scrap of silicon they put in the boxes.
Unless of course you consider two HDMI dead weight, like so many seem to. :lol