Posted on Monday, December 22 2014 @ 13:12 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
AMD hinted earlier this month that it's inside a future gaming/entertainment device and according to the latest rumors this could be a next-gen console from Nintendo. TPU
writes AMD is anticipated to provide an APU for a new Nintendo console that promises to be more NES-like than Wii-like:
Nintendo could ring up AMD for the chip that will drive its next console. It's not clear if AMD will supply a fully-integrated SoC that combines its own x86 CPU cores with its GCN graphics processor; or simply supply the GPU component for an SoC that combines components from various other manufacturers. The Wii U uses IBM's CPU cores, with AMD's GPU, combined onto a single chip. There's no word on when Nintendo plans to announce the new console, but one can expect a lot more news in 2015-16.
