The 'xbox streaming' could have a custom amd picasso cpu

During the month of July, two different reports from reputable sources (Thurrott and The Verge) suggested that a next-generation "Xbox Streaming" is being developed at Microsoft. This would be a low-power device specifically designed to be used in conjunction with the 'cloud' gaming platform that we now know as Proyect xCloud. Supposedly, this console would accompany another more powerful Xbox model designed to run games locally.

A 'semi-custom' AMD Picasso chip would bring XBOX Streaming to life

More information is circulating today, about the chip that will drive this cheap and affordable game console. The AMD Picasso APUs processor has already been the subject of rumors about its possible use in the next Microsoft Surface. However, according to the source, Microsoft is genuinely interested in using a semi-custom Picasso chip for the aforementioned next-generation 'Xbox Streaming'.

This is reportedly due to the high power consumption to performance ratio of the AMD Picasso APU, which is expected to allow a small form factor for the hardware and, crucially, allow Microsoft to maintain a price. low.

Some 'latency sensitive' calculations will be done locally on this XBOX Streaming hardware, but the critical part of the calculation will be through hardware accelerated deep learning in both data centers and Picasso silicon. This "cornerstone" has been described by the source as a more sophisticated version of the Brainwave Project, the real-time AI deep learning acceleration platform announced last year by Microsoft.

When playing via streaming with this device, the entire calculation will be done on Microsoft servers, while the device will only have to receive that information and interpret it on the screen. To do this, it will not require too powerful hardware and the Picasso APU fits perfectly with Microsoft's plans.

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