Title :
Xbox360® Front Side Bus Development
Author :
Maxson, Mark ; Fox, Benjamin ; Timpane, Trevor ; Bartley, Jerry ; Becker, Darryl ; Maki, Andrew
Author_Institution :
IBM Eng. & Technol. Services, Rochester, MN
Abstract :
The front side bus (FSB) of the Microsoft Xbox360reg was designed and implemented by a team of engineers from IBM and is one of the fastest, commercially available front side bus interfaces in the consumer market. This paper discusses several issues encountered while designing the FSB channel
Keywords :
computer games; consumer electronics; field buses; remote consoles; user interfaces; FSB; Microsoft Xbox360reg; Xbox360reg front side bus development; Costs; Design engineering; Engines; Hardware; Isolation technology; Laminates; Packaging; Physical layer; Transmission lines; Wiring;
Conference_Titel :
Signal Propagation on Interconnects, 2006. IEEE Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Berlin, Germany
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0455-x
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0455-x
DOI :
10.1109/SPI.2006.289158
