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Offline GoldenPhoenix

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RE:Wii's hardware
« Reply #100 on: May 20, 2006, 11:01:00 PM »
I'm curious, and it would be great if someone could help me here. What is a Power PC exactly? I tried to read Wikipedia's article but it didn't help. I've heard that its architecture is different and that it is in fact faster than a comparable processor when looking at the GHZ.
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« Reply #101 on: May 20, 2006, 11:48:51 PM »
PowerPC is a processor architecture, just like IA32 (Intel 32 bit) and ARM.

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RE:Wii's hardware
« Reply #102 on: May 21, 2006, 04:34:39 PM »
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yeah but is easier to scratch a disc with the Wii than to do it with the GC.


how? because it self loads? lol just BE CAREFULL with it man, thats all

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RE: Wii's hardware
« Reply #103 on: May 21, 2006, 04:51:58 PM »
PowerPC is IBM's brandnamed chips that use the RISC archeteture. RISC is the archutecture, PowerPC is a brandname. Basically what sets RISC apart from CISC (Which Intel uses a form of in there chips, though the Pentiums use a hybrid IS currently, and there new chips use an entirely new IS/arcutecture though off hand I forgot its name.
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