Xbox 360 System Architecture

@article{Andrews2005Xbox3S,
  title={Xbox 360 System Architecture},
  author={Jeff Andrews and N. J. C. Baker},
  journal={IEEE Micro},
  year={2005},
  volume={26},
  pages={25-37}
}
This article covers the Xbox 360's high-level technical requirements, a short system overview, and details of the CPU and the GPU. [] Key Method The core chips include the standard conceptual blocks of CPU, graphics processing unit (GPU), memory, and I/O. Each of these components and their interconnections are customized to provide a user-friendly game console product. The authors describe their architectural trade-offs and summarize the system's software programming support
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