Okay I looked into it and apparently it is not entirely hot air.<p>KFC has a deditcated 'KFC gaming' account that tweets memes that appeal to gamers [0]. It jokingly tweeted a video featuring a rendering of this console back in June as a joke to play on the new gen console wars [1]. Apparently the reception was so good that it found a wing man in Cooler Master. This case modder / engineer in particular [2] spent a couple of months designing and fitting working hardware plus a chicken drawer into a hot new case design as close to the original tweet as possible.<p>As the result turned out to a not entirely half baked pc build, KFC has stated that it plans on release the console. We'll have to see wether that will turn out true or not, but as the harware probably consists of of-the-shelf components I have no doubts that there will be at least a couple be built.<p>source: <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/kfcs-kfconsole-is-real-secret-ingredient-is-intel-silicon" rel="nofollow">https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/kfcs-kfconsole-is-real-...</a><p>[0] <a href="https://twitter.com/kfcgaming" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/kfcgaming</a><p>[1] <a href="https://twitter.com/kfcgaming/status/1341428570388901891" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/kfcgaming/status/1341428570388901891</a><p>[2] <a href="https://timpelay.se" rel="nofollow">https://timpelay.se</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CJbBVdzAPR8/" rel="nofollow">https://www.instagram.com/p/CJbBVdzAPR8/</a>
KFC has had a rash of failed silly crowdfunding campaigns as part of their ridiculous marketing push. This is almost certainly part of that.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np5tFlmRUIc" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np5tFlmRUIc</a><p>For Coolermaster's part, they seem like the kind of company that would dedicate a few engineers to a silly idea for the hell of it.
Suck it Apple. The M1 is totally incapable of delivering this kind of heat regardless of workload.<p>(Apologies for injecting humor on what is clearly an otherwise serious posting)
This is a nice bit of marketing but... is it real? There's no actual information on the page, no links to any other pages/sites, nowhere to buy it, and no mention of "coming soon" or any sort of expected release date.
Another half-hearted product attempt with no boundaries pushed.<p>With a Core i9 they have the hardware to fry the chicken, not only to keep it warm.<p>No wonder Apple keeps shoveling money into their bank vault.
Reminds me of the Acorn RISC PC "Rocket ship" pizza oven module:
<a href="http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/44052/RISC-PC-Pizza-Oven/" rel="nofollow">http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/44052/RISC-PC-Pizza-O...</a><p>This was shown at trade shows as an optional module for the expandable case, but wasn't a real product.<p>There's a couple of pictures of the full Rocket ship here:
<a href="https://twitter.com/ItsBBP/status/1327563474550059009" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/ItsBBP/status/1327563474550059009</a>
While the announcement was silly, the insistence that it’s a real product is absolutely bonkers.<p>But ultimately I think it is vaporware and they are just pushing the “it’s real” narrative for social media reach.
I don't know why anyone who games would like to eat fried chicken while gaming. You have to eat it with your hands, and it's so greasy that you need to wash your hands afterward or risk covering your mouse and keyboard in grease.
Next thing you know, Apple will announce their latest innovation, the new Apple iPie; to keep your apple pie warm while you use their latest ARM device.
KFC actually released a KFC phone in China a few years back. <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanwhitwam/2017/07/12/huawei-announces-hilarious-special-edition-kfc-phone-in-china/" rel="nofollow">https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanwhitwam/2017/07/12/huawei-a...</a>
Let’s stop giving corporations free advertising by diverting attention to meaningless stunts like this.<p>Especially the worst corporations, like those in the fast food industry, that are a net negative to our society.<p>I’d like to see KFC and other fast food chains start being taxed heavily on undesirable macronutrients like sodium and saturated fat, individual items exceeding reasonable calorie limits, and regulated against marketing toward children like the tobacco industry (unless macronutrients of their meals meet health standards). Junk items should have disclaimer labels stating that daily consumption of those items will shorten your lifespan and/or cause health problems, just like cigarettes.<p>Obesity is our #1 public health epidemic and nobody’s doing anything about it. I think I read that obesity is a factor in 6 of the top 10 most common causes of premature death in the United States.<p>Over 80% of Americans are overweight and close to 40% are obese.