Amandla emva kweXbox360
Nangona i-Xbox yeMicrosoft yakwazi ukuthengisa izigidi kunye nezigidi zeeyunithi kwihlabathi liphela, yayisathengiswa kakhulu ngumncintiswano wayo, iSony’s PlayStation. Ngale mini, apho olunye uguquko kwividiyo nakwitekhnoloji yokudlala isondele, iXbox360 ithembisa ngakumbi kunangaphambili.
Nguwuphi umahluko obanjwe yiXbox360 ngokuchasene nomanduleli wayo? Ewe, njengazo zonke ii-consoles zemidlalo, ikhompyuter eyilelwe ukuqhuba iinkqubo zemidlalo yevidiyo. Umahluko kukuba bajolise ngokukodwa kulo msebenzi wedwa.
Imodeli yakutshanje yeMicrosoft yahluke njani kuyo nayiphi na enye ikhonsoli yokudlala. Njengoko bekutshiwo ngaphambili, iXbox360 yikhompyuter eyilelwe ukudlala imidlalo yevidiyo. Kodwa ngaphandle koku, yayenzelwe ukuba isebenze njengenkqubo yokuzihlaziya yodwa. Ukuyaphula, le khonsoli intsha inokuvumela abasebenzisi ukuba banxibelelane ngenethiwekhi, inokukopa, ukusasaza nokukhuphela zonke iintlobo zemidiya. Oku kuyakubandakanya kwi-arsenal yayo, ukukwazi ukukhuphela kunye nokudlala ii-movie ze-HD, i-audio, kunye neefoto zedijithali kunye nemidlalo.
Ngoku, ekubeni sisazi ukuba zonke iikhonsoli zemidlalo ziikhompyuter ezilungiselelwe ukudlala imidlalo yevidiyo, masiqwalasele intliziyo yazo zonke iikhompyuter- i-CPU. Kuyafana, ividiyo yomdlalo wekhonsoli ine-processor eya kuthi, ewe, ‘iqhubekeke’ lonke ulwazi olunikezwa kwinkqubo. Unokucinga ukuba iyafana nenjini yemoto-yiyo egunyazisa yonke imisebenzi yale nkqubo iphela. Into entsha kwi-Xbox360 kukuba, ‘bayiguqule i-injini’ ukuze bakwazi ukuhambisa ukusebenza ngokugqibeleleyo kwabadlali.
Ngokwesiko, inkqubo ye-CPU yolwazi ngendlela enye. Ixesha lobuchwephesha ngakumbi koku ngumsonto. Ngoku into eluhlobo lwamva nje lweXbox eziqhayisa ngayo kukuba iphantsi kwentloko yayo, yiprosesa, okanye isiseko, esikwaziyo ukuqhubekeka ngemisonto emibini ngaxeshanye. Oku kuthetha ukuba lonke ulwazi olondliwa kulo, lwenziwa ngokufanelekileyo nangempumelelo kuba ‘ingqondo’ ‘inemisebenzi emininzi’. Intsingiselo, ulwazi malunga nesandi lunokwenziwa ngendlela enye, enye kwimizobo yevidiyo, njl.Ukuba ukhe waqaphela, imidlalo yevidiyo edlulileyo inokuma kancinci okanye ithintithe ngamanye amaxesha. Kungenxa yokuba le nkqubo ibhuqwa lulwazi oluninzi, kwaye kuthatha ixesha ukuba ‘iingqondo zabo’ zikwazi ukuhlangabezana neemfuno.
Ukongeza koku, iMicrosoft ifake kule teknoloji, inkqubo engundoqo evumela ukuba badibanise iprosesa engaphezulu kwesinye kwi-chip enye. Oku kukuphela kokutsha kwezinto zakutshanje ngabavelisi behardware- kwaye ewe, iMicrosoft iyifakile kwikhonsoli yabo entsha yomdlalo weXbox. Ukuba nesakhono sokwenza imisebenzi emininzi ngaxeshanye, ivumela abaphuhlisi bomdlalo ukuba beze nezicwangciso zokunyusa ukubanako komatshini, ukuhambisa ukusebenza okuphezulu.
Le yintliziyo yokuba kutheni iXbox iguquke ukuze ibe namandla ngakumbi. Zininzi ezinye izinto malunga neXbox360 entsha ekhulisa ukusebenza kwayo. Kodwa intliziyo yako konke oku, yeyona nto iphambili ebaleka yonke into ekuyo.