Poff
May 12, 2005, 01:15 PM
I just saw some new Revolution rumours in a Norwegian paper. I'll try to give a rough translation of it. One highlight, tho: G5's! Four of them!
I think it's strange if they've landed their final specs allready, but who knows? I for sure know nothing about how they work in such companies, and when things are final..
The four processors could very well mean 2xdual core G5's btw.. :D
Surprisingly powerful?
Information about the upcoming Nintendo Revolution may have leaked out from MoSys Inc, memory maker for the Revolution. Mark Voll, who works in the company, expressed the following:
"We are glad to, once again, be a part of Nintendo's new console, when they'll launch it mid-2006."
Revolution will use the same type of RAM as its predeccessor, 1T-SRAM. The Chinese page Unika.com has posted what's supposed to be Revolutions official spec's:
"...four 2,5Ghz IBM G5-processors and a dual core ATI TN520-chip with 1MB built-in eDRAM." <fake busted by GFLPraxis, no fourple processors>
What it means I don't know, but it sounds powerful...
The president of Square Exnix, Youchi Wada, has been saying this about the consoles online-possibilities:
"What interested us the most was that the next step is allready under development for Revolution. Nintendo's online plan is not only a new handheld or stationery console - it is something we will absolutely want when a new console is released."
He also promises that Square Enix will support the console, a thing Nintendo will need to survive the console war.
I'm not that good at translating, but you get the meaning at least. For those interested in the Norwegian article, the link is right here:
http://www.dagbladet.no/weblogg/spill/?show=blogg&id=7002000000242 :D
I think it's strange if they've landed their final specs allready, but who knows? I for sure know nothing about how they work in such companies, and when things are final..
The four processors could very well mean 2xdual core G5's btw.. :D
Surprisingly powerful?
Information about the upcoming Nintendo Revolution may have leaked out from MoSys Inc, memory maker for the Revolution. Mark Voll, who works in the company, expressed the following:
"We are glad to, once again, be a part of Nintendo's new console, when they'll launch it mid-2006."
Revolution will use the same type of RAM as its predeccessor, 1T-SRAM. The Chinese page Unika.com has posted what's supposed to be Revolutions official spec's:
"...four 2,5Ghz IBM G5-processors and a dual core ATI TN520-chip with 1MB built-in eDRAM." <fake busted by GFLPraxis, no fourple processors>
What it means I don't know, but it sounds powerful...
The president of Square Exnix, Youchi Wada, has been saying this about the consoles online-possibilities:
"What interested us the most was that the next step is allready under development for Revolution. Nintendo's online plan is not only a new handheld or stationery console - it is something we will absolutely want when a new console is released."
He also promises that Square Enix will support the console, a thing Nintendo will need to survive the console war.
I'm not that good at translating, but you get the meaning at least. For those interested in the Norwegian article, the link is right here:
http://www.dagbladet.no/weblogg/spill/?show=blogg&id=7002000000242 :D
