Apple explains how returns and repairs will work while its retail stores are closed

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Microsoft is sovereign the galore specs for its Xbox Series X console today, as well-conditioned as it includes vinculum for disposable accumulator as well-conditioned as numerous faster load times for games. The software whaling will be using a custom AMD Zen 2 CPU with eight cores clocked at 3.8GHz each, a custom AMD RDNA 2 GPU with 12 teraflops as well-conditioned as 52 compute units clocked at 1.825GHz each. This is all based on a 7nm process as well-conditioned as includes 16GB of GDDR6 RAM with a 1TB custom NVME SSD accumulator drive.

Microsoft is using two mainboards on this Xbox Series X meaty design, as well-conditioned as the excelling unit is cooled through air person pulled in from the coal-and-ice as well-conditioned as pushed out at the top via a 130mm fan.

Developers will be using the overall 16GB of memory in two ways: there's 10GB for fast GPU optimal memory, 3.5GB for suppositional memory, as well-conditioned as 2.5GB retreated by the OS. All of this power will reconcile the expertness to expand accumulator through 1TB expansion cards at the rear of the console, with USB 3.2 external HDD vinculum as well-conditioned as a 4K Blu-ray drive. Microsoft is targeting overall performance at 4K 60fps, up to 120fps.

One of the most obvious improvements that Microsoft is demonstrating with the Xbox Series X today is load times. In one tech demo (above), State of Decay 2 stacks a galore 40 seconds quicker on the Series X compared to the Xbox One X. That's a massive improvement over current consoles.

Microsoft is using a solid-state bulldoze on the Xbox Series X, as well-conditioned as the focus is on speed as well-conditioned as load times for next-gen games. The Xbox maker is using article called "Xbox Velocity Architecture," that is examined to modernize the integration between hardware as well-conditioned as software for streaming of in game assets. The result will be seen in large painless world games, zone developers can use this system to create high-reaching obeisance environments that load dynamically using the processing power as well-conditioned as SSD of the Xbox Series X.

This new SSD vinculum will additionally indulge Xbox Series X owners to resume multiple games instantly as well-conditioned as even resume titles dorsal the Series X is rebooted for a system update. Game states will be saved directly to the system's SSD, so you can resume canicule or uptown weeks later. Microsoft is demonstrating this quick resume feature, using what looks like the existing dashboard for the Xbox One.

Microsoft is additionally demonstrating some ray tracing aspects of the Xbox Series X today. Ray tracing will enable increasingly realistic lighting changes to games, with bigger caliginosity as well-conditioned as circumstantiated effects. We haven't seen enumerated ray-traced games on the PC ancillary just yet, but Microsoft is spunky off how the Xbox Series X can handle ray tracing in titles like Minecraft. Microsoft is additionally optimizing Implement 5 with higher resolution textures, fog, as well-conditioned as particles counts, all running in 60fps in 4K.

The next-gen Xbox will additionally vinculum 8K gaming as well-conditioned as frame rates of up to 120fps in games. Microsoft has partnered with the HDMI forum as well-conditioned as TV manufacturers to enable Clunker Low Postponement Palm (ALLM) as well-conditioned as Variable Reinvigorate Rate (VRR) on the Series X as part of its HDMI 2.1 support. "The aggregation has additionally been working with the industry's leading TV manufacturers for the past two years to ensure the brandish ecosystem is realizable for the features coming with Xbox Series X," explains Microsoft's Will Tuttle.

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Xbox Series X disposable storage.

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All of this should reduce postponement from back you press a chin on an Xbox honcho to back you see that movement show up on screen. Speaking of the controller, it's now USB-C, uses AA batteries, as well-conditioned as supports Bluetooth Low Energy. There's additionally a new share chin for sending clips as well-conditioned as screenshots to friends, as well-conditioned as existing controllers will assignment just fini on the new Xbox Series X.

Microsoft has additionally conjectured the physical distance of the Xbox Series X. If acclimated vertically, it measures 301mm alpine as well-conditioned as 151 mm in fathomage as well-conditioned as width. Today's spec unveiling comes decern of Microsoft's preparations to fully detail the console to developers latterly this week. Microsoft is additionally planning to unveil increasingly details injudicious the games we'll see for the Xbox Series X in June.