| WolfpackN64 said: I know this is in the Nintendo Discussion, but that's because they still use PowerPC chips in their console. Nearly everytime a topic handles the internals of the Wii U, some comments talk about the "dated PowerPC architecture". This is complete bollocks. The Wii U chipset is derived from a dated PowerPC chip (Espresso, derived from Broadwell, derived from Gecko, derived from PowerPC 750), that is correct, but the PowerPC Architecture itself is NOT dated. The PowerPC architecture saw the light of day in 1992 with the current form Power ISA v2.07 released in 2013. For comparison, x86 started in 1978 with the most recent implementation x86-64 or AMD64 being 2003. There, needed to get that of my chest. |
I really think people are talking about its application in gaming. If Ninetndo didn't make their system from an ivory tower, I think they would have caught onto the fact everyone but them was moving forward x86.
