Xbox 360 ignites a new era of digital entertainment that is always connected, always personalized, and always in high definition. It is the only system designed with a singular platform vision that combines the most-powerful hardware with intelligent software and services.

Every Xbox 360 game is optimized for a minimum of 720p high definition output with anti-aliasing. Regardless of the TV Xbox 360 connects to, gamers will experience smooth, cinematic experiences that far exceed anything they've seen or felt in games before.

Xbox 360 also features software so smart it remembers what gamers have achieved. The Xbox Guide Button is the launch pad that connects gamers to their games, friends, and music from the wireless controller.

With more than one teraflop of system-floating point performance, a three-core PowerPC-based CPU for the most-advanced artificial intelligence and physics processing, a custom ATI graphics processor and more than 512 megabytes of memory for the ultimate in visual fidelity, the Xbox 360 hardware is a perfect blend of power, elegance, and balance. When combined with unrivaled XNA software development tools, game creators can produce truly believable, thriving worlds.

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XBOX 360 Specifications

Custom IBM PowerPC-based CPU with: 3 symmetrical cores running at 3.2 GHz each, 2 hardware threads per core, 1 VMX-128 vector unit per core, 128 VMX-128 registers per hardware thread, and 1 MB L2 cache. 9 billion dot product operations per second. Custom ATI 500 MHz Graphics Processor with: 10 MB embedded DRAM, 48-way parallel floating-point dynamically-scheduled shader pipelines, and unified shader architecture. Polygon Performance: 500 million triangles per second. Pixel Fill Rate: 16 gigasamples per second fillrate using 4X MSAA. Shader performance: 48 billion shader operations per second. Memory: 512 MB GDDR3 RAM with 700 MHz DDR and unified memory architecture. 22.4 GB/s memory interface bus bandwidth. 256 GB/s memory bandwidth to EDRAM. 21.6 GB/s front-side bus. 12x dual-layer DVD-ROM. Memory unit support via 2 slots starting at 64 MB. Support for up to 4 wireless game controllers. 3 USB 2.0 ports. Instant, out-of-the-box access to Xbox Live features, including Xbox Live Marketplace for downloadable content, Gamer Profile for digital identity and voice chat to talk to friends while playing games, watching movies or listening to music. Built in Ethernet Port (includes ethernet cable) Wi-Fi Ready: 802.11 A, B and G. Video Camera Ready. Support for DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA CD, MP3 CD, JPEG Photo CD Stream media from portable music devices, digital cameras, Windows XP PCs. Rip music to Xbox 360 hard drive. Multichannel surround sound output. Supports 48 KHz 16-bit audio. Stands vertically or horizontally. Interchangeable face plates to personalize the console. This information is based on specifications supplied by manufacturers and should be used for guidance only.