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TheShape31 on 20 September 2012
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MDMAlliance said:
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."

Just like it was 'confirmed' to be a Power7.  The enhanced Broadway cores information came straight from the final dev kits, from more than one anonymous source.  I consider this a confirmation until another source claims the power architecture to be anything else.  There have been several sources over the past year or so that consistently point to what's in this rumor. A consistent stream of information is most important when it comes to stuff like this.