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Nintendo Revolution Specs
According to IGN Nintendo's next gen console will be powered by IBM's "Broadway" CPU at 729MHz and include 88MB of RAM. Graphics will be powered by "Hollywood" GPU developed by ATI which runs at 243 Mhz. "The 'Hollywood' is a large-scale integrated chip that includes the GPU, DSP, I/O bridge and 3MBs of texture memory," a studio source told IGN. Compare these specs with the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 and the Revolution is way underpowered.
No worldwide release for Revolution?
In a recent interview, Nintendo’s President Satoru Iwata indicated that the Nintendo Revolution console may miss out on simultaneous worldwide release like its rivals the PS3 and Xbox 360. Nintendo is still yet to announce an official release date for the console.
Nintendo has reportedly been experiencing difficulty manufacturing enough of the revamped DS Lite consoles to meet demand
Nintendo Revolution SDK Near Finalized, Costs $2000
Following up on an Engadget interview with, Nintendo of America's Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing Reggie Fils-Aime IGN questioned developers about the Nintendo Revolution kits... power, price and functionality.
The developers stated that the console's SDK costs just $2000. By comparison, the PlayStation 2 SDK was priced about $20,000 per kit at the console's launch.
Developers preparing playable Revolution software for E3 2006 will soon be receiving new SDKs which should provide 90-95% of the final system's achievable performance. According to IGN's development sources, final developments kits are expected to be made widely available around June of this year.
A number of software houses admitted that studios familiar with GameCube achitecture would find little difficulty in getting their Revolution projects up and running with due speed
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