As a followup to my previous piece on cloud and the console wars, and in honor of the Xbox’s 10th birthday, I offer the following speculation on the CPU that will power the Xbox 360?s successor.

Nothing beyond the vaguest rumor and speculation are known about the upcoming consoles from Microsoft and Sony. We only recently got public confirmation that next-gen console efforts are, in fact, in progress at both companies. So I have no idea who Microsoft will turn to for the CPU that will power the “Xbox 720?, as the Xbox 360?s successor is popularly called in the gaming press. But I do have some i...