| se7en7thre3 said: They keep asking Watson, and he repeats the same thing, like nothing has changed. Again... Xbicio @Xbicio @IBMWatson "Will use Wii U a POWER7 CPU with WATSON technology?" IBM Watson @IBMWatson @Xbicio @BoostFire "The Wii U is a custom 45nm #power7 chip. Same SOI design in #ibmwatson" 5:23 PM - 16 Sep 12 |
@Strider_BZ @BoostFire @Xbicio WiiU chip clarification: It's a "Power-based microprocessor" http://t.co/013FGooL
— IBM watsonx (@IBMwatsonx) September 20, 2012
IBM Watson writes:
"WiiU chip clarification: It's a "Power-based microprocessor"
and
"Pardon the error. It's a custom chip built on Power Architecture base"
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Looks like this old rumor still has some legs. Interesting.
Thanks to Nsanity for the original post:
http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=147883
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Updated:
1.) CPU: “Espresso” CPU on the Wii U has three enhanced Broadway cores:
LIKELY
2.) GPU: “GPU7” AMD Radeon™-based High Definition GPU. Unique API = GX2, which supports Shader Model 4.0 (DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.3 equivalent functionality):
LIKELY
3.) Memory: Mem1 = 32MB edRAm:
LIKELY
4.) Mem2 = 1GB (that applications can use)
*CONFIRMED*
5.) Storage: Internal 8 GB with support for SD Cards (SD Cards up to 2GB/ SDHC Cards up to 32GB) and External USB Connected Hard Drives
*CONFIRMED*
6.) Networking: 802.11 b/g/n Wifi
*CONFIRMED*
7.) Video Output: Supports 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p and 480i
*CONFIRMED*
8.) Video Cables Supported: Compatible cables include HDMI, Wii D-Terminal, Wii Component Video, Wii RGB, Wii S-Video Stereo AV and Wii AV.
*CONFIRMED*
9.) USB: Four USB 2.0 Ports
*CONFIRMED*
