Xbox 360 used an Intel CPU.

PS3 used the Cell processor but it’s debatable how much that was an asset vs handicap. Total PlayStation sales dropped for that generation vs both PS2 and PS4. The manufacturing costs didn’t fall nearly as fast as expected and it was a poor fit in terms of cross platform development etc.

PS4 moved to AMD.

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rbanffy 15 hours ago | parent [-]

> Xbox 360 used an Intel CPU.

No. It was a PowerPC based one called, IIRC, Xenon.

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Retric 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Wow, you’re right.

Xeon vs Xenon

I had always assumed with chip names that similar it was an Intel product. How on earth didn’t they get sued?

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eschaton 15 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Because simple similarity doesn’t usually result in a lawsuit? Especially if one of the words isn’t a public product name and also happens to be an existing word with no existing specific use in the industry.

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Retric 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Failing to defend trademarks for such similarity named and closely related products has extremely high risks.

	▲	eschaton 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		“Xenon” is a pre-existing word. Intel’s not going to lose protection on “Xeon” for IBM using “Xenon” as an internal codename for their own CPU.

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to11mtm 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm guessing that they were safe in that it was more or less a 'codename' for a specific product's CPU that nobody else could buy, versus a product out on the market, left enough clear separation to avoid Trademark complaints.

The combined might of IBM and Microsoft's legal teams, even (possibly even moreso?) then, was better than Intel's to be sure.

	▲	rbanffy 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Not even the DoJ could make Microsoft bend its knee.

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monocasa 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And in fact it was basically a Cell PPE with a larger vector unit strapped to the side of it.