Next-Gen Nintendo DS Handheld GPU Contract Apparently Won By NVIDIA-- Will be Tegra-powered in 2010

http://www.edge-online.com/news/next...2%80%93-report
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news...ntendo-ds.aspx
http://www.pcworld.com/article/17365...nd held.html/
http://ds.ign.com/articles/103/1035319p1.html
http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...ered-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.

ArtX then moved on to design the Radeon 9700Pro, the rest is history. :-)

The Tegra is unique for being a single chip that includes a GPU and an
Arm-based CPU, with the obvious benefit of simpler packaging and lower power
consumption, and the less obvious benefit of possible backward compatibility
with current DS games. I don't believe AMD offers something comparable at
this time, so it isn't surprising nVidia got the contract.

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http://www.edge-online.com/news/next...2%80%93-report
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news...ntendo-ds.aspx
http://www.pcworld.com/article/17365...nd held.html/
http://ds.ign.com/articles/103/1035319p1.html
http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...ered-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.

On Oct 16, 7:58*am, parallax-scroll wrote:
http://www.edge-online.com/news/next...S-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