Less than a month before Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 hits store shelves, International Business Machines Corp. revealed details of the microprocessor that powers the long-awaited video game console.
The IBM-built chip features three customized PowerPC computing engines that can each handle two simultaneous tasks at clock speeds (search) greater than 3 gigahertz. It was customized for Microsoft in less than 24 months from the original contract.
