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Majarra

Member Since 04 Feb 2013
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In Topic: Super Smash Bros. 4 Discussion Thread

13 February 2013 - 06:30 AM

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In Topic: [Photo] Wii U GPU Die

05 February 2013 - 12:50 PM

Not exactly. The name you see now is the same exact name I have on a "certain other" forum. ;)

Then again, I can understand you wouldn't remember me considering you hardly see any posts from me there.


Nintendo Defense Unite member?

In Topic: Digital Foundry Says “We Can Rule Out Any Next-Gen Pretensions For Wii U”

05 February 2013 - 12:48 PM

No.

"1. This GPU is custom.
2. If it was based on ATI/AMD or a
Radeon-like design, the chip would carry
die marks to reflect that. Everybody has to
recognize the licensing. It has none. Only
Renesas name which is a former unit of
NEC.
3. This chip is fabricated in a 40 nm
advanced CMOS process at TSMC and is
not low tech
4. For reference sake, the Apple A6 is
fabricated in a 32 nm CMOS process and is
also designed from scratch. It’s
manufacturing costs, in volumes of 100k or
more, about $26 - $30 a pop. Over 16
months degrade to about $15 each
a. Wii U only represents like 30M units per
annum vs iPhone which is more like 100M
units per annum. Put things in perspective.
5. This Wii U GPU costs more than that by
about $20-$40 bucks each making it a very
expensive piece of kit. Combine that with
the IBM CPU and the Flash chip all on the
same package and this whole thing is closer
to $100 a piece when you add it all up
6. The Wii U main processor package is a
very impressive piece of hardware when its
said and done.
Trust me on this. It may not have water
cooling and heat sinks the size of a
brownie, but its one slick piece of silicon.
eDRAM is not cheap to make. That is why
not everybody does it. Cause its so dam
expensive"

tell that to the oodles of thirdparty developers who still deem wiiu unworthy ;P

In Topic: Digital Foundry Says “We Can Rule Out Any Next-Gen Pretensions For Wii U”

05 February 2013 - 12:05 PM

Oh joy, now we get the exact same amount of completely blind stupid from the other side. Yay!

well its as powerful as one lol

well its as powerful as one lol

In Topic: [Photo] Wii U GPU Die

05 February 2013 - 11:57 AM

Hey Franklin! How have you been doing? :)

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