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Forums - Nintendo - 45nm for Wii? A future Wii redesign?

lightbleeder on 16 May 2008
homerman100 said:
WOW, it would not be the headache you make it out to be. It is a matter of popping in a smaller version of the Wii CPU (Hollywood or Broadway... I always mix the two up) in the same chipset, in the same Wii form factor. Making software for the machine doesn't change. Of course testing must be done to insure the 45nm version is functional, but all the manufacturers (IBM, Intel, AMD, et al.) are transitioning to 45nm anyways. They're in the mode to do it. Do it now while you can profit from it. That just makes sense.

 Well it's good to know that it would actually make sense, but I guess we'll never get the word from Nintendo.

 New colors are the definite way to go from the outside perspective. I was just thinking that it could be redesigned, not when, it won't be for several years, but it would certainly be very cool. People dig small things, when the ipod nano came out everyone wanted one. A redesigned Wii will make sense only after the system stops selling well after trying with new colors...



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Viper1 on 16 May 2008
lightbleeder said:
Of course there isn't any necessity for a Wii redesign on the outside, but on the inside of the console a jump to the 45nm technology would make the console cheaper to manufacture, so it's a very logic move.

If production costs can be lowered by making the console smaller then business wise it seems a natural direction to take. And we all know console redesings boost sales, something Nintendo doesn't need right now, but maybe in a couple of years.

Technology on the Wii isn't new except the one in the wiimote, and that's in the controller, not in the console. I'm pretty sure a handheld with the power of the Wii could be made, so that means that the Wii could be even smaller, the only part that I believe can't be made smaller is the DVD drive.
I think the technology in the Wii would surprise you if you knew much about it.

Most people assume new technology just means more power but that's incorrect.  There is efficiency, size, development process, energy savings, etc... The Wii is actually pretty high tech, it's just not high powered tech.

 

 

The Wii WILL have revisions just not anytime soon.  



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lightbleeder on 16 May 2008
Viper1 said:
lightbleeder said:
Of course there isn't any necessity for a Wii redesign on the outside, but on the inside of the console a jump to the 45nm technology would make the console cheaper to manufacture, so it's a very logic move.

If production costs can be lowered by making the console smaller then business wise it seems a natural direction to take. And we all know console redesings boost sales, something Nintendo doesn't need right now, but maybe in a couple of years.

Technology on the Wii isn't new except the one in the wiimote, and that's in the controller, not in the console. I'm pretty sure a handheld with the power of the Wii could be made, so that means that the Wii could be even smaller, the only part that I believe can't be made smaller is the DVD drive.
I think the technology in the Wii would surprise you if you knew much about it.

Most people assume new technology just means more power but that's incorrect. There is efficiency, size, development process, energy savings, etc... The Wii is actually pretty high tech, it's just not high powered tech.

 

 

The Wii WILL have revisions just not anytime soon.


 I meant that the power that the Wii contains is not groundbreaking, so the console could still be shrinked more than it is right now. I didn't explain myself very well, sorry...



GlingGling on 16 May 2008
Words Of Wisdom said:
homerman100 said:
WOW, it would not be the headache you make it out to be. It is a matter of popping in a smaller version of the Wii CPU (Hollywood or Broadway... I always mix the two up) in the same chipset, in the same Wii form factor. Making software for the machine doesn't change. Of course testing must be done to insure the 45nm version is functional, but all the manufacturers (IBM, Intel, AMD, et al.) are transitioning to 45nm anyways. They're in the mode to do it. Do it now while you can profit from it. That just makes sense.

I'm getting tired of repeating myself. Agree to disagree?


You can disagree, but what homerman said is accurate. This happens in PCs every product generation. Pop-in replacements will make their way in at some point. On the other hand we very likely won't see a new form factor for the Wii. It's about as small as it can possibly be. They can barely fit all the GameCube sockets on the one side.



Viper1 on 16 May 2008

We'll likely not see a new casing. The disc drive and controller/memory card inputs relegate it to basically the dimensions we have today.

The motherboard, which Lightbleeder may have alluded to, can be condensed greatly. I've seen the mobo and there is plenty of pasture on it (empty space).

They can make it lighter, more energy efficient, cheaper, cooler, etc...with revisions.


I expect them to come about once new colors become a real possibility. It would make sense to introduce both at the same time.



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