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Re:AMD's next-gen Zen CPU heading to desktops, servers in 2016 by frik on Thursday May 07, 2015 @07:29AM (#9504274)
Both current gen consoles are based on AMD hardware (APU aka CPU+GPU http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_Accelerated_Processing_Unit ).

"PlayStation 4 features an AMD x86-64 Accelerated Processing Unit, in hopes of attracting a broader range of developers and support for the system. The PlayStation 4's GPU can perform 1.843 teraflops. Sony calls the PlayStation 4 'the world's most powerful console'." -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_4

"The console [XBoxOne] features an AMD processor built around the x86-64 instruction set." -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_One

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Re:AMD's next-gen Zen CPU heading to desktops, servers in 2016 by rsynnott on Thursday May 07, 2015 @08:16AM (#9504492)
Both previous-gen ones had consumer-level PowerPC processors made by IBM, a product category which no longer even exists, so I wouldn't put too much importance on that.
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Re:AMD's next-gen Zen CPU heading to desktops, servers in 2016 by theandrewbailey on Thursday May 07, 2015 @08:54AM (#9504660)
By extension, all current gen consoles have AMD GPUs, and two of the last gen ones had ATI GPUs. I have no clue how much royalties/licensing fees that gives them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latte_%28graphics_chip%29

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenos_%28graphics_chip%29

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_%28graphics_chip%29

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