Intel readies chips for future consoles

Intel might hold sway over the global PC-processor market, but it seems to be currently out of favor with all three video-game console manufacturers, who have all placed their trust in IBM chips for their consoles. However, Intel is trying hard to establish a foothold in the console market. Business Week is reporting that the chip manufacturer is in constant talks with console makers about the prospective use of its powerful next-gen chips in their machines.

If Intel is to be believed, it’s chips have the capability of performing a mind boggling 1 trillion calculations per second. It might seem to be a vague statistic to some of you, but it is valid and truly stupendous. According to Intel, it is fast enough for pure motion-based controls and could even render physical controllers redundant. These hyper-fast chips might not be too far off and, in fact, they might become a reality with sophistication in silicon chip design over the next decade.

Intel’s CTO, Justin Rattner, told Business Week that future generation of Wii won’t have hand controllers. He even imagined a gamer playing a tennis video game by just waving his bare hands in a tennis-racquet-wielding motion in a room filled with cameras – even I can’t wait to get rid of controllers now.

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