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Technical Details
| MPU ("Microprocessor Unit") | Custom IBM Power PC "Gekko" |
Manufacturing Process |
0.18 micron IBM Copper Wire Technology |
Clock Frequency |
485 MHz |
| CPU Capacity | 1125 Dmips (Dhrystone 2.1) |
Internal Data Precision |
32-bit Integer & 64-bit Floating-point |
External Bus |
1.3GB/second peak bandwidth (32-bit address space, 64-bit data bus 162 MHz clock) |
Internal Cache |
L1: Instruction 32KB, Data 32KB (8 way}, L2: 256KB (2 way) |
System LSI |
Custom ATI/Nintendo "Flipper" |
Manufacturing Process |
0.18 micron NEC Embedded DRAM Process |
Clock Frequency |
162 MHz |
Embedded Frame Buffer |
Approx. 2MB, Sustainable Latency : 6.2ns (1T-SRAM) |
Embedded Texture Cache |
Approx. 1MB, Sustainable Latency : 6.2ns (1T-SRAM) |
Texture Read Bandwidth |
10.4GB/second (Peak) |
Main Memory Bandwidth |
2.6GB/second (Peak) |
Pixel Depth |
24-bit Colour, 24-bit Z Buffer |
Image Processing Functions |
Fog, Subpixel Anti-aliasing, 8 Hardware Lights, Alpha Blending, Virtual Texture Design, Multi-texturing, Bump Mapping, Environment Mapping, MIP Mapping, Bilinear Filtering, Trilinear Filtering, Anisotropic Filtering, Real-time Hardware Texture Decompression (S3TC), Real-time Decompression of Display List, HW 3-line Deflickering filter |
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The following sound-related functions are all incorporated into the System LSI
Sound Processor |
Custom Macronix 16-bit DSP |
Instruction Memory |
8KB RAM + 8KB ROM |
Data Memory |
8KB RAM + 4KB ROM |
Clock Frequency |
81 MHz |
Performance |
64 simultaneous channels, ADPCM encoding |
Sampling Frequency |
48KHz |
System Floating-point Arithmetic Capability |
10.5 GFLOPS (Peak) (MPU, Geometry Engine, HW Lighting Total) |
Real-world polygon |
6 million to 12 million polygons/second (Peak) (Assuming actual game conditions with complex models, fully textured, fully lit, etc.) |
System Memory |
40MB |
Main Memory |
24 MB MoSys 1T-SRAM, Approx 10ns Sustainable Latency |
A-Memory |
16MB (81MHz DRAM) |
Disc Drive |
CAV (Constant Angular Velocity) System |
Average Access Time |
128ms |
Data Transfer Speed |
16Mbps to 25Mbps |
Media |
3 inch Nintendo GameCube Disc based on Matsushita's Optical Disc Technology, approx 1.5GB Capacity |
Input/Output |
Controller Port x4, Memory Card Slot x2, Analogue AV Output x1, Digital AV Output x1, High-Speed Serial Port x2, High-speed Parallel Port x1 |
Power Supply |
AC Adapter DC12V x 3.25A |
Main Unit Dimensions |
11.4cm (Height) x 15cm (Width) x 16cm (Depth) |
