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2005 / SYSTEM 18

Microsoft Xbox 360

RESEARCH AVAILABLE

EXTERIOR BLUEPRINT CONSOLE-SPECIFIC PROFILE · SHARED WITH SYSTEM MODEL

RESEARCHRESEARCH PUBLISHED

PRODUCTION FINDINGSNOT STARTED

PUBLIC SOURCE DOCUMENTOPEN THE PUBLIC RESEARCH DOSSIER →

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SYSTEM MODEL

HARDWARE AT A GLANCE

A navigable map of the public dossier. It shows documented hardware domains, not physical wiring or implementation status.

PUBLIC DOSSIER MAPMicrosoft Xbox 360EXTERIOR REFERENCE + DOCUMENTED HARDWARE DOMAINS

01CPU: IBM Xenon at 3.2 GHz with in-order PowerPC cores 02VMX128: 128 vector registers and custom SIMD instructions 03GPU: ATI Xenos at 500 MHz with unified shaders and eDRAM 04Memory: 512 MB unified GDDR3 at 22.4 GB/s 05Audio: hardware XMA decode with CPU-based mixing 06Disc and controllers 07OS architecture, XEX format, and hypervisor security 08Static recompilation: strategies and implementation guidance 09Conclusion: what matters most for a recompiler

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RESEARCH GUIDE

DOCUMENTED HARDWARE

Research chapters explain the hardware. Production records separately show what REFORGE has tested or corrected.

PUBLIC DOSSIER9 CHAPTERS · 25 SUBTOPICSOpen a chapter for its subtopics, or continue into the full dossier.

01CPU: IBM Xenon at 3.2 GHz with in-order PowerPC cores3 SUBTOPICS

02VMX128: 128 vector registers and custom SIMD instructions2 SUBTOPICS

03GPU: ATI Xenos at 500 MHz with unified shaders and eDRAM6 SUBTOPICS

04Memory: 512 MB unified GDDR3 at 22.4 GB/s1 SUBTOPIC

Memory map layout

05Audio: hardware XMA decode with CPU-based mixingCHAPTER OVERVIEW

06Disc and controllers2 SUBTOPICS

07OS architecture, XEX format, and hypervisor security3 SUBTOPICS

08Static recompilation: strategies and implementation guidance8 SUBTOPICS

09Conclusion: what matters most for a recompilerCHAPTER OVERVIEW

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VERIFICATION

PARITY BOUNDARIES

A passed boundary applies only to the named claim and evidence row below.

01INPUT IDhash receipt

02BYTE MAPdecode coverage

03CPU STATEtrace comparison

04BUS / TIMEordered effects

05OUTPUTvisual · audio · input

06ARTIFACTbuild identity

PUBLIC RESULT UNTESTED BOUNDARIES REMAIN VISIBLE

L0BUILDS

A native artifact is produced.

L1LIVES

The requested headless run completes.

L2RENDERS

Fresh visible output is verified.

L3RESPONDS

Scripted input changes title state.

L4MECHANICS

Named game rules pass deterministic checks.

L5ACCEPTED

Corpus, build receipt, and human acceptance gates pass.

SYSTEM / PUBLIC RESULT	L0BUILDS	L1LIVES	L2RENDERS	L3RESPONDS	L4MECHANICS	L5ACCEPTED
Microsoft Xbox 360Hardware dossier published; native-runtime verification not started	NOT TESTED	NOT TESTED	NOT TESTED	NOT TESTED	NOT TESTED	NOT TESTED

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PUBLIC SOURCES

READ THE DOCUMENTS

The public dossier is the readable source document. External references are linked separately so their scope can be checked directly.

Public research dossierThe readable publication of the working research document. Local paths, raw traces, and personal data are removed.OPEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT →Free60 Xenon CPUXbox 360 CPU architecture and hardware notesfree60.org ↗Free60 Xenos GPUXbox 360 GPU, eDRAM, framebuffer, and reverse-engineering notesfree60.org ↗

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PRODUCTION LEDGER

FINDINGS

PRODUCTION VERIFICATION NOT STARTEDThis page currently documents hardware research. No implementation result is recorded for this system yet.