| superchunk said:
You know what... its late, I'm not thinking. I was really only thinking of the memory as 8GB would be dev kit and a lot more but 4-6GB would be retail. OP is also talking about IBM vs Intel or AMD CPUs and its the later rumors GPU that's close. Just ignore that entire part of my previous post sorry. I do agree that there is becoming a trend where neXtBox does seem to have an x86 processor. However, it just doesn't seem logical that it will be the ultra-highend (2013 models) that this rumor would have you believe. Tomorrow I'll refresh the OP with parts of this info as they are now becoming more common on other sites and even GAF. This way I can also get the details needed for the 2nd post for real comparisons. As for WiiU, I've seen arguments on GAF that the sizes prove one of those or other GPUs, so I'm leaving it until it launches and it is validated one way or the other. |
well if the final console is going to use late 2013 custom tech which isn't final, using older high enf parts clocked low could be the closest thing they can get now. For example if the final hardware would be using an 8 core x86 core with custom Jaguar cores, an FX bulldozer at a very low clock is probably the closest thing available right now. Tho Jaguar cores will be in clusters of 4 rather than the pairs used on the bulldozer CPUs.
I don't see how someone could argue that this at 55nm
256 mm² die 160W
or this
166 mm² die 108W TDP at 40nm
Is meant to fit in
with an estimated die area of 168 mm² with a "large amount of eDRAM" (and likelt other components such as an ARM CPU and a DSP) at most likely 40nm and a max system TDP of 75w. It's just not physically possible as far as I can tell, the GPU in the Wii U looks to be less than half that size. Whoever said that the 6770 would fit probably forgot to factor in the eDRAM etc.
For an idea of how big 32MB of eDRAM is loot at this diagram of a Power 7 CPU
that is a 567mm2 die and 32MB of eDRAM bassed L3 cache takes up a decent amount of that even when you take out all the interconnect stuff.
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