Xbox Series X Architecture
More information on the xbox series x system architecture will be revealed very soon.
Xbox series x architecture. Central to this is the internal storage a custom nvm express nvme ssd on the series x this is a 1 tb ssd with a raw input output throughput of 2 4 gb s. If our custom designed processor is at the heart of the xbox series x the xbox velocity architecture is the. This radical reinvention of the traditional i o subsystem directly influenced all aspects of the xbox series x design. Xbox series x is compatible with standard standalone hard drive and products with the designed for xbox badge are supported by xbox.
The cpu is the brain of our new console and the gpu is the heart but the xbox velocity architecture is the soul stated andrew goossen technical fellow on xbox series x at microsoft via xbox. As spotted by lords of gaming microsoft will discuss the system architecture of its next gen console during. Both consoles use a new storage solution the xbox velocity architecture that includes hardware and software components to improve transfer speeds within the console reduce the size of digital downloads and give developers more flexibility. 09 05pm edt azure silicon architecture team.
For the best experience the 1tb seagate storage expansion card for xbox series x s plugs into the back of the console via the dedicated storage expansion port and replicates the console s custom ssd experience providing additional game storage at the same. Basically velocity architecture leverages four somewhat. 09 06pm edt dxr vrs machine. While xbox series x delivers 12 tflops of 32 bit float performance two times that of the xbox one x the architectural efficiency improvements brought by amd s rdna 2 architecture plus our next generation features such as variable rate shading vrs and hardware accelerated directx raytracing means that xbox series x will deliver well over twice the effective graphics performance of xbox.
09 06pm edt 3 8 ghz zen2 server cores. In an xbox wire blog post jason ronald director of program management for the xbox series x explained how velocity architecture works. Today at hot chips 2020 microsoft will detail more of the internals of the xbox series x system architecture. In a detailed breakdown with the tech.
The xbox velocity architecture was designed as the ultimate solution for game asset streaming in the next generation.