Valve-backed Xi3 Piston console starts at $1000. ... The Xi3 Piston's specifications we know about reveal it to have 8GB of DDR3 RAM, a Radeon 7000-series GPU and a 3.2Ghz AMD Trinity Quad Core ...

Valve has made no secret of its plans to launch a “Steam Box” – a Linux-based PC designed for playing games in your living room – and it might just be on show at CES. The Xi3 Piston (a codename, since ...

Do not adjust your LCD monitor: What you are looking at might just be the mythical Steam Box. Codenamed Piston, and developed by Xi3 in partnership with Valve, this grapefruit-sized computer was ...

The project that Xi3 is working on for Valve is code named Piston. Xi3's own higher-end 7 Series system will form the basis for Piston, but the company says that the specs and the final look of ...