Report: Next Xbox to use AMD

Microsoft to ditch backwards-compatibility with next-gen console

Microsoft will be switching to an AMD manufactured combined CPU/GPU processor for its next console, claim sources.
These sources tell Bloomberg that Microsoft is planning a move to the x86 architecture currently used in PCs, making the new console incapable of running game disks formatted for the Xbox 360.

Sony's PS4 runs on similar hardware, with a combined x86 CPU/GPU. This chip is also manufactured by AMD.
Rumors circulated today that the next Xbox, codenamed Durango, would appear at aMay 21st event, and this seems to be corroborated by three sources who said Microsoft would either unveil the console at E3 in June or a separate event in May.
Two sources claimed an April unveiling was deemed unnecessary because the company didn't feel enough competitive pressure from Sony's PS4.

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