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Next-Gen Nintendo DS Handheld GPU Contract Apparently Won By NVIDIA -- Will be Tegra-powered in 2010
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parallax-scroll
Oct 15, 2009, 8:58:32 AM10/15/09
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http://www.edge-online.com/news/next-gen-ds-planned-for-late-2010-%E2%80%93-report
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/10/13/nvidia-tegra-wins-contract-for-next-gen-nintendo-ds.aspx
http://www.pcworld.com/article/173655/nintendo_crowns_nvidia_chipset_for_nextgen_ds_handheld.html/
http://ds.ign.com/articles/103/1035319p1.html
http://www.develop-online.net/news/33055/New-Nintendo-DS-powered-by-Nvidia
I must admit, I'm surprised. I was expecting that AMD / ATI would've
won,
that it would've been based on the AMD / ATI Hollywood GPU in the
Wii,
which itself is a faster version of the Flipper GPU designed by ArtX
during 1998-1999
for the GameCube. (just before ATI bought ArtX).
I'd have thought the original ArtX architecture, made faster by AMD /
ATI,
would've been perfect for the next-gen DS. The ArtX-designed Flipper
is
vastly superior to the PS1/N64- level graphics of the current DS / DS
lite and faster DSi.
If it happens (Tegra in the new DS) this will mark the first time an
Nvidia chip
is put into a released Nintendo product.
Steven9DS
Oct 15, 2009, 10:54:33 PM10/15/09
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On Oct 16, 7:58 am, parallax-scroll <parallaxscr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.edge-online.com/news/next-gen-ds-planned-for-late-2010-%E2...http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/10/13/nvidia-tegra-wins-con...http://www.pcworld.com/article/173655/nintendo_crowns_nvidia_chipset_...http://ds.ign.com/articles/103/1035319p1.htmlhttp://www.develop-online.net/news/33055/New-Nintendo-DS-powered-by-N...
>
> I must admit, I'm surprised. I was expecting that AMD / ATI would've
> won,
> that it would've been based on the AMD / ATI Hollywood GPU in the
> Wii,
> which itself is a faster version of the Flipper GPU designed by ArtX
> during 1998-1999
> for the GameCube. (just before ATI bought ArtX).
> I'd have thought the original ArtX architecture, made faster by AMD /
> ATI,
> would've been perfect for the next-gen DS. The ArtX-designed Flipper
> is
> vastly superior to the PS1/N64- level graphics of the current DS / DS
> lite and faster DSi.
>
> If it happens (Tegra in the new DS) this will mark the first time an
> Nvidia chip
> is put into a released Nintendo product.
> http://www.edge-online.com/news/next-gen-ds-planned-for-late-2010-%E2...http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/10/13/nvidia-tegra-wins-con...http://www.pcworld.com/article/173655/nintendo_crowns_nvidia_chipset_...http://ds.ign.com/articles/103/1035319p1.htmlhttp://www.develop-online.net/news/33055/New-Nintendo-DS-powered-by-N...
>
> I must admit, I'm surprised. I was expecting that AMD / ATI would've
> won,
> that it would've been based on the AMD / ATI Hollywood GPU in the
> Wii,
> which itself is a faster version of the Flipper GPU designed by ArtX
> during 1998-1999
> for the GameCube. (just before ATI bought ArtX).
> I'd have thought the original ArtX architecture, made faster by AMD /
> ATI,
> would've been perfect for the next-gen DS. The ArtX-designed Flipper
> is
> vastly superior to the PS1/N64- level graphics of the current DS / DS
> lite and faster DSi.
>
> If it happens (Tegra in the new DS) this will mark the first time an
> Nvidia chip
> is put into a released Nintendo product.
this is indeed interesting
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