http://theovalich.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/amds-fab38-and-new-york-fab4x-are-22nm/

"I have seen plans about potential customers, and without going into further details, we can say that at least one next-gen console will have its CPU and GPU manufactured by The Foundry Company. Can you guess which one?"

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The Foundry Company is AMD's manufacturing spinoff. AMD already makes the graphics chips of Nintendo's Wii and Microsoft's Xbox 360, and they make high-end CPUs for PCs too. AMD also has plans to put their CPUs and GPUs on one chip for decreased power and cost, and increased performance, so it would be a great choice for a console. AMD also makes chipsets so they could have total integration of the hardware to match with the all-MS software platform.

I'm guessing Microsoft, because AMD's CPUs are PC-compatible so it will be even easier to share games and technology between the Windows and Xbox 360 +1 platforms.

One side-effect of this news is that the chips will be manufactured at 32nm with a die-shrink option to 22nm mid-cycle.

Ugh Why? AMD has absolutely lost the good battle, especially in the GPU department

What? AMD is behind in GPUs by about 0-10% depending on game, and only since early January (previously they had the lead since mid-year). Their chip is much cheaper to manufacture too so they're making more profit per GPU than Nvidia. And AMD will launch their 40nm high-end ahead of Nvidia by 3-6m, because Nvidia screwed up their 55nm and now 40nm GT200 shrinks.

CPUs, maybe. Console CPUs aren't high-end for a PC, but they need to be cheap and cool which is what AMD is very good at. Anything below $250 and AMD is the best option.

uhh.. an x86 cpu design for consoles ? :/

Well, the Xbox was a Pentium III.

I'm going to go with the next Xbox, since I don't think Nintendo or Sony are ready to commit to the next generation yet. MS wants to be first out of the gate again.

cool, i really like amd

I'm personally betting on Nintendo ...

I don't really think that either Sony or Microsoft could drastically change their architecture again while maintaining full backwards compatibility. On the other hand, about 3 years ago there was a working Gamecube emulator which required an amazingly powerful PC; and by 2012 you should be able to emulate the Wii on cheap laptops or (possibly) something like an eeepc.

I don't think it will be Sony, I think they are trying to get a revised cell into the PS4.

But whether it's Nintendo or Microsoft, I don't know.

I would wear an AMD T-shirt if they existed.

I see a 51% stake in AMD only costs $670M now - if I had a billion dollars that's what I would buy.