512 MB of Wii U's RAM "reserved for the OS. What's the total?

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fillet said:

haxxiy said:

Badassbab said:
RAM is much cheaper now so the more the merrier. Hope it has bundles of Edram. 360 Edram helped it out a lot though it started to hold it back due to small amount.

Console RAM has to be soldered onto the main board, they are way more expensive to manufacture than their PC counterparts.

That being said, I think 512 MB for OS is way too high, but it could happen for all I know. Probably the total RAM is around 1.5 GB then, with maybe an embedded GPU RAM for cheap antialiasing like the GC and the X360. 

Completely false, "console RAM" is just the chips without PCB packaging - the same chips as you might find in standard DDR DIMMs, just soldered to the board as it doesn't interface in the same physical way as a DIMM, obviously. The chips are exactly the same standard as for a PC and doesn't cost more. It costs less because of massive bulk ordering and no need for PCB, marketing, and all that extra overhead crap.

 

The only extra expense comes from the R&D to design, test and produce the main board in the first place, after R&D is done and a working product is made.

This is correct.