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I heard that Microsoft can’t make Xbox 360 backward compatible with the Xbox because they don’t own the Intellectual Property of the nVIDIA technology found on the Xbox console. Is that true?

April 26, 2017backward compatible don’t heard intellectual property Microsoft Xbox xbox 360

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I heard that Microsoft can’t make Xbox 360 backward compatible with the Xbox because they don’t own the Intellectual Property of the nVIDIA technology found on the Xbox console. Is that true?

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That is partially true and partially false. It is a true that Microsoft doesn’t own the intellectual property to the nVIDIA technology found in the chips (GPU and MCPX) provided by nVIDIA; however it is false that the Xbox 360 won’t be backward compatible with the Xbox.

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That is partially true and partially false. It is a true that Microsoft doesn’t own the intellectual property to the nVIDIA technology found in the chips (GPU and MCPX) provided by nVIDIA; however it is false that the Xbox 360 won’t be backward compatible with the Xbox. 17. Some Xbox games might use specific functions found in the nVIDIA chips. When emulating those specific hardware capabilities, isn’t Microsoft violating copyrights by emulating an nVIDIA technology? Probably, but it has been rumored that Microsoft has acquired the intellectual property for nVIDIA technology used in the Xbox chips.