Wed, Jun 08, 2011 | 09:10 BST
AMD will power Wii U’s graphics
AMD has announced that it’ll be providing the graphics processor for Wii U.
Wii U will be sporting a custom MD Radeon HD GPU which will offer “high-definition graphics support; rich multimedia acceleration and playback; and multiple display support”.
Senior managing director of integrated research and revelopment at Nintendo Genyo Takeda said: “AMD will support our vision of innovating play through unique entertainment experiences”.
“AMD shares Nintendo’s excitement for the new HD entertainment experience planned for the Wii U console, added”David Wang, corporate vice president of Silicon Engineering at AMD.
AMD didn’t reveal any specifics about the processor, though.
3 comments
#1
Heinekeno
08/06/11, 10:55 am
WiiU on an AMD graphic, what a blasphemy!
#2
manamana
08/06/11, 11:05 am
Is anything known about the resolution/specs of the tablet/controller?
#3
rainer
08/06/11, 11:49 am
@2 Nope but probably has an Arm SoC of some kind powering it as the tablet is just a display link to the main box which houses the primary CPU/GPU.
@1 I don’t get it, Nintendo have long standing links with AMD (formally ATI) in fact the Gamecube’s Flipper chip was designed by a group who went on to work for ATI.
That it is an AMD GPU + IBM CPU is very good news as it means cross platform development should be a breeze with Xbox 360/PC.