AMD console chip executive departs for NVIDIA

The executive at AMD  responsible for getting the company's graphics chips inside the Xbox 360 and the Wii game consoles has now left the company. According to the Wall Street Journal, Bob Feldstein left the company on Friday and has come to work for NVIDIA this week, one of its biggest rivals.

The Wall Street Journal says that Feldstein previously worked at ATI before AMD acquired the company in 2006. By then, ATI had already signed deals with Microsoft and Nintendo to bring a version of its Radeon graphics chips to the Xbox 360 and Wii game consoles. Feldstein, whose official title was corporate vice president of business development at AMD, had also reportedly signed a deal with Nintendo to put a Radeon-based chip inside the upcoming Nintendo Wii U console. WSJ adds that he also secured similar deals for the next game console from Sony and Microsoft, even though neither company has commented publicly on their next-gen console plans.

His new role at NVIDIA will be as its vice president of technology licensing.