Nintendo has announced that IBM has finished developing the CPU, codenamed “Broadway”. IBM had previously developed the processor for Nintendo’s current system, the GameCube. Nintendo has also announced that Canadian graphics card maker ATI Technologies is developing the GPU, codenamed “Hollywood”, for Wii. In an interview ATI’s Public Relations Manager for Consumer Products, John Swinimer, confirmed that “Hollywood” has not been developed from PC architecture but developed specifically for the Wii ‘from the ground up’.
Wii Connectivity Specs
The Nintendo Wii will have built-in Wi-Fi , allowing games be played online via a wireless hotspot or router.Nintendo has also provided a device that may be able to connect the Wii Console online via a Windows XP computer, and a USB port, as well as a Broadband connection, rather than buying a Wifi router
Nintendo announced that the consoles will be able to connect to one another wirelessly for LAN applications. Along with this comes the ability to use “Download Play.” Currently featured in Nintendo’s DS , this allows for multiplayer network games to be played across multiple systems with only one copy of the game being played loaded into a participating system.
It has also been suggested that the Nintendo Wii will feature connectivity between the system and the Nintendo DS.
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