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MDMAlliance on 20 September 2012
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TheShape31 said:
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

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:
*CONFIRMED*

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*

How is #1 confirmed?  That tweet didn't say what kind of CPU it was, and it WAS confirmed the very least to be the "same design in ibm watson."