Wii U GPU Die Image! Chipworks is AWESOME!

[AnthonyW86]

ethomaz said:

A reasonable summary...

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=1702391&postcount=4438

- 40 nm
- 32 MB edram
- 16 TMUs
- 160 shaders
- 8 ROPs

Now THAT makes perfect sense to me. AMD FireGL/PRO series also have more TMU's and ROP's per shaders than the desktop series, and those series are designed for multimedia creation software. Also it makes a FLOPS comparison useless, but it does mean it can push way more textures and pixels per second.

Bottom line: This chip might not be great in something like a PC, but it's great in a dedicated device as a game console.