IBM confirms that Wii U does not use Power 7 CPU

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Nsanity said:

 

For the past year there has been rampant speculation about whether the Wii U’s CPU will be Power 7. IBM’s Watson Twitter account had said it was back in June 2011 but everyone went silent on the matter for over a year.

 

Back in June 2011?

Lol they said it again RECENTLY too

@Xbicio @BoostFire The Wii U is a custom 45nm #power7 chip. Same SOI design in #ibmwatson

— IBM watsonx (@IBMwatsonx) September 16, 2012

"The Wii U is a custom 45nm #power7 chip. Same SOI design in #ibmwatson" - 3:23 PM - 16 Sep 12

 

I think we shoudl all agree to wait and see whats inside when they pull the damn thing apart.