According to reports coming via a certain Twitter user, the Wii U has already been “hacked” open and the finer details of its CPU, including a surprisingly low clock speed, have been leaked.
The codenames are listed: the CPU is known as Espresso, the GPU as Latte. But it’s the CPU speed that’s going to cause the headlines, apparently running at just 1.243 GHz, consisting of 3 PowerPC 750-type cores.
For reference, this is already behind (just in terms of raw numbers) the PS3 and the Xbox 360. The latter console reportedly has a tri-core 3.2 GHz processor, for example.
The GPU core is clocked at 550Mhz. That’s about level with the PS3 and 360.
If this is all true, then the current ports on the Wii U that run at nearly the same sort of fidelity and frame-rate as their PS3 and 360 counterparts do is actually quite remarkable. The Wii brand has never been about raw power, though, of course, but ports of PS4 and 720 games might be rare…
“It doesn’t involve leaks, it involves Wii U hacks” reported the hacker responsible for the news.
The Wii U releases in Europe tomorrow, priced at roughly £250 for the basic pack, and approximately £300 for the Premium pack.
wonkey-willy
thanks Teflon for clearing that up!
*wipes drool from chin,ponders everything Teflon said goes to fridge for another beer*
enroene
I believe Nintendo dont want to compete with Sony/Microsoft over hardcore gamers. They have their own segment. The underpowered wii managed to move many units and the same will be repeated this time. Nintendo also wants to make profits so cheaper hardware is a must.
david24
i wish everyone would stop judging speed as the determining factor in whether one cpu is better then the other, the architecture is FAR more important.
KeRaSh
To be honest, I was kind of shocked that TSA presented the numbers the way they did and compared them directly with the other chips. I thought they’s know better.