Wii to Use NEC Electronics' Embedded DRAM for Graphics System

Posted Jun 19, 2006 at 11:39AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Wii Tags: eDRAM, NEC Electronics
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necNEC Electronics today announced that Nintendo Co., Ltd. has selected NEC Electronics' 90-nanometer CMOS-compatible embedded DRAM (eDRAM) technology for the Wii. Designed to provide advanced graphics functions for this new gaming platform, the new system LSI chips with eDRAM will be manufactured using advanced technologies on NEC Yamagata's 300-millimeter production lines.

Embedded DRAM technology integrates DRAM on the same chip with logic circuits, and is viewed as an optimal solution for three-dimensional graphics acceleration systems and other applications that need to process high bandwidth data using low power. The adoption of these eDRAM ASICs for Nintendo's new game console is a clear vote of confidence in NEC Electronics' eDRAM technology and hopefully will help out the Wii when it comes out this fall.

Via NEC

 
 
 

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by - 2006-06-19 13:34:29
Erm...

So, this is good right??? Sorry i didnt understand what all this meant, but its gotta mean the wii has more powerful graphics,right???
by - 2006-06-19 17:24:53
wow

ummm...those are some really complicated words... where is the geeks when we need them!!! we need a translation!!!

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