@BuckoA51 Various hardware partners built certain PS2 chips. For example, while Sony built the Emotion Engine in house, the CPU was a customized MIPS R5900 manufactured for them by Toshiba. It's very possible that Nvidia designed and fabricated the SPU2 chip to meet Sony's requirements.
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Re: "EA Gives You Enough Rope To Hang Yourself" - BioWare Co-Founder On His Dream Of Taking Over EA From The Inside
@BulkSlash Mass Effect 2 entered development around the same time EA bought Bioware, it was not "pretty much done".
Re: An Embarrassed Sony Had To Beg Nvidia For PS2's Sound Chip, Says Former SCEE Boss
@BuckoA51 Various hardware partners built certain PS2 chips. For example, while Sony built the Emotion Engine in house, the CPU was a customized MIPS R5900 manufactured for them by Toshiba. It's very possible that Nvidia designed and fabricated the SPU2 chip to meet Sony's requirements.