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[lorddionigi]

So I just found out the Mars Curiosity runs on a powerpc rad750 chip, I know not really wii u news but the wii u also runs a powerpc and nasa said they chose it because the powerpc chip is the only space worthy chip ie radiation wont fry it and powerpc has a 15yr blue screen of death rate, also the new James Webb Space Telescope, is also going to run powerpc, just thought that was really neat and worth sharing.

[Robotic Sunshine Commander]

wow reliable stuff in wii u i wouldve never thot lol jk the gameboy can survive explosions better than a human lol

[thehappening]

great info and it fits with news i red about 1T SRAM it doesnt get effected by radiation or gamma rays from space like other ram... and is one of the reasons its so fast,, DRAM is effected by space rays gamma whatever it was i actually explained this to someone once he thought i was a mad fanboy making it up untill i sent him the link to the article

[MorbidGod]

So the Wii U can power a space ship? Nice!

[Crackkat]

no way thats awesome, thx for sharing

[FreakAlchemist]

So I just found out the Mars Curiosity runs on a powerpc rad750 chip, I know not really wii u news but the wii u also runs a powerpc and nasa said they chose it because the powerpc chip is the only space worthy chip ie radiation wont fry it and powerpc has a 15yr blue screen of death rate, also the new James Webb Space Telescope, is also going to run powerpc, just thought that was really neat and worth sharing.

Thats awesome and all but i thought the WiiU would use a POWER7.Not a PowerPc but A POWER7 and yes they are two totally different chps.

[thehappening]

Thats awesome and all but i thought the WiiU would use a POWER7.Not a PowerPc but A POWER7 and yes they are two totally different chps.

its powerpc and its a newer version of powerpc 750 / 400 series its not power7 if it was then maybe a single core 4x thread if power7 at all the powerpc in that mars drone is only 200mhz

[3Dude]

great info and it fits with news i red about 1T SRAM it doesnt get effected by radiation or gamma rays from space like other ram... and is one of the reasons its so fast,, DRAM is effected by space rays gamma whatever it was i actually explained this to someone once he thought i was a mad fanboy making it up untill i sent him the link to the article

Pretty sure mosys has confirmed no 1tsram in wii u. Fujitsu is likely the candidate to be providing special ram... If the wii u uses something other than ddr 3 or 4.

By the way, powerpc 750 is the gamecube.

Cube and wii went to space boys

[lorddionigi]

The Curiosity is 200mhz, it's 256mb of RAM and 2gbs of Flash, it doesn't need a lot of memory though because it beams a lot of stuff back, plus all the programming is added for each mission, such as the landing then they wipe it then upload the driving and laser programs and what not