Despite the Xbox 360 still has a long life ahead of him with many upcoming titles, and the novelty of Project Christmas that will relaunch the casual market, it is no secret that Microsoft is already working on the new version. In that regard, it emerged today the news that Redmond was commissioned to AMD / ATI graphics chip, the realization of the (GPU) that will be mounted in the next version of the Xbox, code-named Project Phoenix.

ATI is the manufacturer of the Xbox 360 GPU now, and a similar choice seems fairly obvious: continuity such technologies would make it possible for developers to not have to relearn from scratch to use the console's graphics chip, and would also be of great help to ensure backward compatibility. GPU developed by ATI, the more powerful but backward compatible with the current one, on the next Xbox could ensure full compatibility with current licenses to permit the upscaling, the 'rise of anti-aliasing, a higher frame rate and a general improvement performance.

Currently these are only speculations and rumors: to know something concrete on the new console, we should probably wait until 2012, when many people think that Microsoft will launch the new Xbox.