Squilliam on 12 January 2011
| zarx said: I wonder how much Microsoft paid ATIAMD I mean a lot of dev time went into that particular chip from what I have read... |
Up front? Who knows?
On a continuing basis? Who knows?
We only know what Sony paid Nvidia because that bastard CEO (
) told us.
But what I do know is that it is large enough for ATI and Nvidia to both mention it in their financial results so it wouldn't surprise me if its not at least the same if not slightly more or less for Microsoft. Though in Nintendos case the rate may be quite small as the chip is older, thats probably one of the reasons why they went with an older design, it was cheaper.
Tease.
