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[Revo-News] ATI has said that chip orders for for Nintendo’s Wii console have begun ramping up.  ATI is the company responsible for the GPU (graphics processing unit) inside the Wii.  Let’s hope this is an indication that the launch of the Wii is just around the corner.  And, if Nintendo does launch in November, this gives them nearly four months to make enough Wii consoles to meet demand.

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http://nintendo-revolution.blogspot.com [Nintendo-revolution.blogspot.com] Wii: Definitive speculation: Moreover, during the show GameDaily BIZ met with ATI, which is providing the "Hollywood" GPU for the Wii, and John Swinimer, Senior Public Relations Manager of Consumer Products, emphasized that the Wii architecture is capable of producing far better results than what we've witnessed thus far. "I think what you saw [on Wii] was just the tip of the iceberg of what the Hollywood chip can bring to the Nintendo Wii," he said.

[Wii.qj.net] QJ.NET - Nintendo Wii Blog - 24/7 Coverage of the Nintendo Wii ...: (ATI), the team responsible for the Flipper chip in GameCube, to provide the "Hollywood" GPU for the Wii. When asked to provide more details about the project, John Swinimer, Senior Public Relations Manager of Consumer Products said,

http://www.gamespot.com [Gamespot.com] revolution,nintendo wii - GameSpot: We spend a couple of hours knocking Samus around with flippers as we check out Fuse Games' upcoming pinball game for the DS.

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com [Hardwaresecrets.com] Nintendo Revolution Renamed as ”˜Wii’ | Hardware Secrets: Based on a PowerPC-derived processor and ATI GPU, the machine features a new one-handed controller, which Nintendo see as capable of changing current gaming concepts. The Wii is expected to be formarly introduced during the E3 expo (May 9-12).

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[Game Centro] Rumour: Wii to have Camera, PPU, headset and... : Rumour has it that the latest issue of Game Informer has some breaking news on the Wii. According to the report the Wii will have a built-in Camera for snapshots of the face (although it was reported earlier that you can draw), a PPU with 32MB dedicated for the physics processing unit (although disputable since ATi has always said their latest GPU’s can process physics unless Nintendo has designed it themselves), a headset will be available (which sort of takes down rumours of a built-in mic) and the Graphics on the machine will support HDR and Bump mapping (we know now that the ATI GPU is much more powerful then first thought but if this is true it’s always good).

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