AMD working on PlayStation 4 GPU?

Posted on Friday, February 24 2012 @ 18:48 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Forbes headlines that AMD is working on the graphics chip for Sony's next-generation PlayStation. The magazine received the news out of the mouth of anonymous ex-AMD employees.

Sony is working on an as-yet-unannounced new gaming console, former AMD employees say, and the processor designer may play a key role in the new product.

AMD’s graphics technology is already used in Microsoft’s XBox 360 console. However, Sony’s PlayStation 3 — introduced in 2006 — relies on graphics technology from Nvidia.

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