CHIP FIRM Intel may think that Microsoft not using its chips is a matter of absolute indifference, but an internal email from Big Blue suggests the boot is on the other foot. Sources have shown us how IBM announced the deal inside the firm, in this memorandum below.
According to IBM, not only has it "thrown them [Intel] out of Xbox", but it also kept them [Intel] out of the Apple G5. The memo appears to show that if there"s one company that bears a grudge, that"s Big Blue. As our own Good Doctor Spinola has it: "Life is too short not to wreak a bitter and bloody revenge".
You may also want to read Eva Glass" story from March 2002 about Microsoft and the Xbox2, which discusses cutting out Nvidia, and any X86 manufacturer.