Phil Spencer On Xbox Scorpio Power: “Not Just The Number Of Teraflops That Makes It Powerful”

Microsoft's upcoming Xbox Scorpio and its 6 teraflops of calculating ability are of high interest to the gaming community, only according to Microsoft's Xbox head, there'southward more than the number of teraflops that makes the console powerful.

Microsoft announced its mid-gen console refreshment, Project Scorpio, at this twelvemonth's E3 as the well-nigh powerful console created. With an 8-core CPU, 6 teraflops of computer ability, and more than 320gb/s of memory bandwidth, the Scorpio will be capable of rendering in native 4K at 60 frames per second without compromises. At least, that's what Microsoft'south head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, claimed during the panel's announced.

In a recent conversation with Stevivor, Spencer talked nigh those 6 teraflops of processing power, and how the power within the console isn't merely measured by teraflops. According to Spencer, horsepower is only one feature.

"Well, I try non to really talk using the term," he began. "It'due south like a automobile — y'all wouldn't describe how fast it goes using only one characteristic. Only I guess information technology'south like a teraflop is like horsepower — yous'd probably accept in your caput what 100 horsepower could do, or 200", Spencer explained.

"But it'southward much more than that — in that location's other things that dictate how fast the car goes. A manual. Its weight. It's the same with Scorpio; it'southward not just the number of teraflops that makes it powerful."

Spencer also pointed out that the Xbox Scorpio has been planned for years, and that, although the leap is dissimilar than the jump to Hard disk drive with the Xbox 360, it's the same idea.

"We had to make decisions like 4K — to run games in 4K natively — years ago," he said. "We idea it would exist similar the bound to Hard disk with the Xbox 360. Plain, it'south different — that was from a iv:3 ratio to sixteen:9 — but it's still the same idea."

We're really excited almost Microsoft's Scorpio project, which is slated for a release somewhere in 2022.