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DS development > GPU questions (e.g., is it part of the CPU and who made it?)

#30795 - hearhear - Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:47 pm

1.) Does it have a "real" GPU? That is, is it separate from the ARM7 and ARM9?

2.) Who made the 3D-acceleration circuitry? Have we found this out yet? Nintendo made big announcements when Silicon Graphics was handling Nintendo 64 and ArtX/ATI was handling the GameCube, but we've heard no similar announcements for Nintendo DS.

Thanks in advance.

#30797 - Hajaz - Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:43 pm

i think they made a similar announcement about ATI working on portable tech for them a while ago.

#30864 - ravuya - Sun Dec 05, 2004 6:19 pm

I don't recall any big announcements on the order of the ones for the N64 and GCN launch. Can someone pry open their DS and see if there's some sort of manufacturer ID printed on the GPU?
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