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Nintendo defends Wii U CPU/GPU power

by rawmeatcowboy
02 February 2013
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I don't think that the #WiiU CPU and GPU are imbalanced in favor of the GPU. It depends how you measure. GPU chip is bigger. In modern CPUs, the math logic portions are rather small. In new PCs and servers, the CPUs may be big, but the logic is small. It's common for the surrounding SRAM cache memory in CPUs to be bigger. From that viewpoint, you wouldn't see them imbalanced. It's a memory-intensified design. I can't get into specifics, but I think it's rather powerful. As for the GPU, the tech is fairly mature and going in the same direction as competitors. Makers are used to prog. shaders. The experience of other companies and Nintendo with shaders means that the difficulty with them early on has decreased. - Genyo Takeda

It's all nonsense talk to me. I just care that the games are fun to play! That worked back in the days of the NES, and I think the Wii U is just a tad more powerful than that system!

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