Intel's pitch for next, next-gen

Intel, the company responsible for the majority of processors used in desktop PCs, has spoken to Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo about what chips might power the next round of consoles.

According to a report in Business Week the company, trumped this time around by IBM, is keen not to miss out on the market next time around, and has already been touting the possibilities that its latest hardware might bring to the table.

"We imagine some future generation of [Nintendo's] Wii won't have hand controllers," said Justin Rattner, the company's chief technology officer.

"You just set up the cameras around the room and wave your hand like you're playing tennis."

The hardware that Intel is talking about is capable of 1 trillion calculations per second, while the IBM's Cell processor is slated to hit around 256 billion.