Nintendo Wii Specifications

Until recently, Nintendo kept the Wii specifications confidential. Now that they have been provided to software programmers they're now available for analysis which allows us to find out exactly what we're getting for our money and understand the intrinsic excellence of the goods.

The CPU, called Broadway, was developed and manufactured in association with IBM. It operates at 729 Mhz with a data rate of 1.9 gigabytes per second. The graphics processing unit was made by ATI with a clockspeed of 243 Mhz. It is available with three megabytes of graphics memory and 24 megabytes of high-speed main memory. The external main memory is 64 megabytes of GDDR3 (MEM2) and is accessible by the CPU and GPU at a speed of four GB per second.

The console is very tiny. It is 8.5 inches high, 6 inches broad, and just under 2 inches thick. Even with the stand it does not occupy much space and can be placed vertically or horizontally.

The optical disc drive can be used with the recent 12cm single-sided double-layered game discs for the Wii, in addition to the older 8cm GameCube discs. When a GameCube disc is put in, the console electronically changes the speed to the needs of the game. The drive reads at a speed equal to the speed of DVD 6X. Inserting a disc electronically switches on the console, and switching it off electronically expels the disc. All these features are innovations in game technology.

The Wii console can work with a number of peripheral appliances. It can handle input from four Wii controllers concurrently. For backwards compatibility with the previous console it has ports to attach to four GameCube controllers, as well as slots for two GameCube memory boards. However, it is not attuned to several other GameCube appliances, including the Game Boy player. In addition, the Wii has one SD card slot in the front and two USB ports at the rear.

Nintendo has stated that the Wii is compatible with all makes of television. It creates up to 480p NTSC or 576 pixels PAL. It works with projectors as well as supporting 16:9 widescreen modes. The console is Dolby ProLogic II capable, and the controller has its own speaker.

The Nintendo Wii console links to the Internet using wireless technology using IEEE 802.11 or a USB 2.0 LAN adaptor. It can download updates from Nintendo's support centre in accordance with your configuration settings. Mii avatars can also be read into the controller or placed on the internet for use between the different consoles.

The Wii has parental controls which allow it to be disabled from playing games above a certain rating in keeping with Nintendo's commitment to family gaming. Game discs are encoded with their ratings which are in accordance with the needs of each local market.

In summary, the Nintendo Wii's patterns are impressive.

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