طبق شایعات و شواهد مایکروسافت به همراه IBM طراحی CPU رو انجام میدن (کلا طراحی SoC رو خود مایکروسافت با معماری خاص طراحی میکنه)
AMD و مایکروسافت هم طراحی GPU رو به عهده دارن که میشه اینطور گفت: Microsoft+IBM+AMD
مایکروسافت تعداد زیادی از مهندسان و طراحان سابق IBM که بعضی هاشون رو طراحی CPU کنسول قبلی (Xbox 360) بخدمت گرفته.
اینها افرادی هستند که برای مایکروسافت کار میکنن (سابقا IBM) که تو انجمن Beyond3D لیستشو گزاشته بودند:
Andy Maki, Senior Mixed Signal Design Engineer at Microsoft, ex IBM
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andy-maki/37/a08/5b8
June 2012 – Present, work on cool stuff
Rob Shearer, Principal SOC Architect at Microsoft, ex IBM BlueGene/A2/Xbox360
www.linkedin.com/in/robshearer/
Microsoft: SOC Architecture in the Interactive Entertainment Business division.
May 2012 – Present, SoC Architecture for amazing new products that I can't tell you about.
Steve Faas, Silicon Design Manager at Microsoft , ex IBM
www.linkedin.com/pub/steve-faas/20/101/749/
July 2012 – Present ,Silicon Design Manager
Ilan Spillinger, Corporate VP IEB Hardware , ex VP Advanced Processor IBM
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ilan-spillinger/7/a43/1b3
2011 – Present ,Corporate VP IEB Hardware
Yaron Galitzky, Sr Director, XBOX Kinect at Microsoft, ex Sr. R/D IBM
www.linkedin.com/in/yarongalitzky/
Jan 2010 - Present, Sr Director, XBOX Kinect
Adam Muff, Senior Hardware Engineer at Microsoft, ex IBM FP A2
Technical team lead for the Reservation Station, an out of order issue and dependency unit in a high performance embedded microprocessor. Significantly contributed to the overall architecture and implementation of a 2+ GHz multi-threaded super-scalar microprocessor.
www.linkedin.com/pub/adam-muff/7/474/90b/
June 2012 – Present ,Senior Hardware Engineer
Gene Leung, Senior Design Engineer, Ex IBM
Led multiple teams through ASIC/semi-custom timing methodology development and closure on large designs. Have closed timing on several designs that utilize high-speed serial and DDR interfaces
www.linkedin.com/pub/gene-leung/6/183/2ab/
June 2012 – Present
Previous IBM : timing lead for X86 scalability - Hardware emualtion - gameconsole GPU
Boris Bobrov, Director of Silicon Development, ex Freescale Direcotor of App. Engineerng Freescale (IBM related)
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/boris-bobrov/4/737/437
February 2010 – Present ,silicon design, hardware engineering ,Director of Silicon Development
Matthew Tubbs, Senior Hardware Design Engineer at Microsoft ,ex IBM A2,
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matthew-tubbs/9/2b2/815
May 2012 – Present, Senior Hardware Design Engineer
Edit:
Forgot to add this guy
Ex IBM, ex A2, Ex Bluegene, the one behind Xbox 360
now becoming Microsoft Sr Director of SOC and pricipal Architect XBOX, Eric Mejdrich
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/eric-mejdrich/1b/108/214