Intel Touting its Chips for Future Consoles
Date: Friday, December 14 @ 14:01:58 UTC
Topic: Off Topic
Leading chip maker Intel has spoken to platform holders about the possibility of using its advanced technology in the next generation of consoles.
Intel believes that advancements in silicon chip design over the next decade will open doors to new ways of interacting with machines, and the firm has been courting console platform holders, reports Business Week.
According to Intel, its chips can perform in excess of 1 trillion calculations per second, and could even lead to pure motion control replacing physical controllers if adopted for use in future generation videogame consoles.
"We imagine some future generation of [Nintendo's] Wii won't have hand controllers," said Justin Rattner, Intel's chief technology officer.
"You just set up the cameras around the room and wave your hand like you're playing tennis."
IBM currently supplies Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft with processors for their videogame consoles. Having been trumped by IBM this time round, Intel appears intent not to miss out on the market opportunities that will arise from the coming of future generations of consoles.
News-Source: Next-Gen
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