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The first link in TFA leads to an earlier article on the origins of the PSX SPU, and it says this: > The SNES APU was designed by Ken Kutaragi, who was also wo
by bityard 2y ago
The first link in TFA leads to an earlier article on the origins of the PSX SPU, and it says this:
> The SNES APU was designed by Ken Kutaragi, who was also working on a CD-ROM add-on for the SNES before Nintendo canceled the project (likely due to seeing the Sega CD’s poor sales). After Nintendo shafted Sony on the SNES CD, Sony decided to make their own gaming console called the PlayStation, with Kutaragi as the lead hardware designer. Given this history, it’s no surprise that the SNES APU and PS1 SPU are extremely similar chips - they were designed by the same person!