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The '''Wii U''' is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 18, 2012 (North America).
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The '''Wii U''' is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 18, 2012 (North America). Featuring a newer PowerPC chip designed by IBM called "Espresso", and an AMD GPU called "Latte". The console also featured a unique 'controller' for the console called the "GamePad", also known as the "DRC".
  
Wii U used a fully custom 16 bit, Macronix [[Macronix DSP|DSP]] as the coprocessor.
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Wii U used a fully custom 16 bit, Macronix [[Macronix DSP|DSP]] as the co-processor.
  
 
==Wii U PP TestPad==
 
==Wii U PP TestPad==

Latest revision as of 06:26, 21 December 2024

The Wii U is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 18, 2012 (North America). Featuring a newer PowerPC chip designed by IBM called "Espresso", and an AMD GPU called "Latte". The console also featured a unique 'controller' for the console called the "GamePad", also known as the "DRC".

Wii U used a fully custom 16 bit, Macronix DSP as the co-processor.

Wii U PP TestPad

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Prototype Wii U Pad used for validation testing. Contains a menu allowing access to various test sequences. Mainboard is X11, suggesting this is probably a very late or the last prototype production run.

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