the wiiu cpu is POWERPC 400 FAMILY AS THAT REPLACED THE DEBUNKED 750 FAMILY THAT WAS STOPPED AT 90NM AND DIDNT SUPPORT SMP
POWERPC 400 MOVED TO 45NM AND SUPPORTED SMP ""MULTI CORE PROCESSING""
ESSPRESSO IS CLEARLY A POWERPC 45 NM 400 WITH BROADWAY FIED CORES AND A CUSTOM EDRAM CATCH ESSPRESSO IS CLEARLY SAYING EXPRESS AS IN FAST AS IN CAFE AS IN FAST FOOD
ONE CORE HAS ITS OWN 2MB CATCH SO THATS THE EXPRESS CORE THE TURBO CORE CAFE AND ESPRESSO ARE CLEARLY TALKING ABOUT FAST MULTI TASKING THE BROADWAY 2 CORE X 3 WITH A BIG FAST CATCH IS CLEARLY THAT CPU
EVERYTHING VGLEAKS LEAK = 100% FACTUAL SENCE ITS A GAMECUBE 2 DESIGN AS IN THERE 7TH HARDWARE NOT 8TH AS THE Wii DIDNT GET NEW HARDWARE IN SPECS THERE TWEEKED THIS IS A HD ERA MULTI CORE ERA CPU AND NEW GPU
THERES MANY MANY ARTICLES STATING NINTENDO LEFT THE HARDWARE RACE SO TO SPEAK WHEN THEY DESIGNED GAMECUBE AS IN THEY HAD THERE OWN HARDWARE FOR THE FUTURE AND WILL BUILD FROM IT THATS EXACTLY WHAT NINTENDO HAS DONE
LIKE HANDHELDS ARE BASED AROUND ARM ITS JUST A SET PATH NINTENDO IS ON
power 7 makes no sence power 7 process and things like power 7 makes perfect sense !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the tri core powerpc cpu in wiiu is like 5 watts power consumption powerpc 4xx family is slightly more power use than ARM A9 CORES a9s are 1 watt plus and powerpc 4xx are 1.6watts at 1.6ghz clock
likely clock speeds are 1.6ghz cpu and 800mhz gpu roughly give or take im hoping for a high gpu clock gpu looking based on amd 4670 (320 stream processors)
ok this is my opinion on the CPU debate. one everything is custom so there is no way for ANYONE except nintendo and IBM to know exactly what it will be capable of. i think nintendo from the start had two dev kits out for developers they were testing both of them one had the 3core powerpc 476fp and the other a quad core 3 ghz power 7. i think the specs that are getting leaked are from developers are people in the know of the 3core power pc kit. i believe nintendo talked to devs and understood they needed to give them a little more... to ensure Wii U isnt forgot about in 3 years due to weak hardware. i believe the final kits will have quad core power7 chips CPU and e6760 type GPU as far as architecture goes. ladies and gentlemen my gamers and friend that configuration will ensure that nintendo can play with the big boys next gen.... not out perform them but seriously if wii u is 2-3x (i hate the stupid multiplers but it applies right now) weaker than nextbox than it will be just fine and will receive 3rd party support if the developers see there is an audience for their game on the system.
take powerpc 476fp wave a wand at it presto its broadway -fied ad a customized level 2 catch theres your wiiu cpu
its level 2 catch is edram not sram likely and at 1.6ghz would match the x360 cpu catch clock but give it 2x minimum the bandwidth then compare 3mb to 1 mb and broadways custom data compression presto a catch memory that utterly azz stings xenon
at 45nm 3mb edram is same size and power consumtion as 1mb sram so 3x catch and 2x min bandwidth on cpu to xenon with no extra power draw
its all coming together nice
yes of course its custom its very custom its not pc its nintendo and powerpc 476fp is number 1 32 bit core on the planet its the pakman of the junior weght class fighters so to speak ARM A9 IS A CONTENDER BUT POWERPC 476FP IS THE CHAMP WITH ALL THE BELTS NOT BAD HAY TO BASE A SMALL CONSOLE CPU ON
GPU IM GUESSING 8 ROPS 32 TEXTURE UNITS 320 STREAM PROCESSORS 32MB EDRAM AND CUSTOM POST PROCESSING AND CUSTOM UP GRADED LIGHTING shader model 4
Edited by thehappening, 18 September 2012 - 12:54 AM.