Rumor: Nintendo could be working on cloud computing

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EricFabian on 27 May 2013

Nintendo’s NERD division investigating GPGPU powered cloud computing

May 27th, 2013 Posted in General Nintendo, News, Posted by Brian

Nintendo’s new NERD division, founded from the basis of Mobiclip, will act as more of a technology investigator. Whereas the teams at Nintendo’s headquarters need to be focus on creating software, NERD plans to look into aspects such as GPGPU powered cloud computing.

NERD CTO Alexandre Delattre said during the most-recent Nintendo Direct:

“The developers at Nintendo headquarters need to spend their time developing the actual platform, so I think we’d like to explore areas that they don’t have time for. For example the possibilities which are opened up by the combination of cloud technologies and new software paradigms like general purpose GPU programming.”

One interesting point: NERD has been hiring researchers in the field of cloud technology, heterogenous computing, and GPGPU development.

http://nintendoeverything.com/123118/nintendos-nerd-division-investigating-gpgpu-powered-cloud-computing/

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Suke on 27 May 2013

....I don't understand, I'm still a bit new to this cloud stuff :/

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Otakumegane on 27 May 2013

They are just looking into future tech.

No way in hell it's viable now, but maybe in 20 years or so. And besides, they don't even have cloud save yet. Let them take small steps

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ghost_of_fazz on 27 May 2013

While it would be a great addition to the Wii U, I think they should make their current online systems 100% reliable first.

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MDMAlliance on 27 May 2013

Otakumegane said:
They are just looking into future tech.

No way in hell it's viable now, but maybe in 20 years or so. And besides, they don't even have cloud save yet. Let them take small steps

Talk about an exaggeration.

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Otakumegane said:
They are just looking into future tech.

No way in hell it's viable now, but maybe in 20 years or so. And besides, they don't even have cloud save yet. Let them take small steps

maybe 4 or 5 years

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gigaSheik said:

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Roma on 27 May 2013

didn't they patent something cloud a couple of years ago?

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Zizzla_Rachet on 27 May 2013

MDMAlliance said:

Otakumegane said:
They are just looking into future tech.

No way in hell it's viable now, but maybe in 20 years or so. And besides, they don't even have cloud save yet. Let them take small steps

Talk about an exaggeration.

seriosly....No way it would take 20 years

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