Intel hoping Nintendo will include Larrabee processor in next console

December 27th, 2009 Posted in General Nintendo, News, Posted by Valay

Writer Hiroshige Goto has contributed numerous articles to Japanese website Impress Watch. But most recently, he discussed the situation with Nintendo. Goto noted in his newest piece that Intel has been trying to persuade Nintendo to make use of the company’s Larrabee processor. The processor was originally going to launch next year, but suffered through a delay earlier this month and currently does not have a release date.

Intel hopes that the technology will be included in Nintendo’s next console rather than a system like Wii HD. It’s unknown just how far any negotiations between Nintendo and Intel have gone. We’ll have to wait and see how things progress over the next few months.

Thanks to Finn for the news tip!

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  1. 5 Responses to “Intel hoping Nintendo will include Larrabee processor in next console”

  2. By alex c on Dec 27, 2009

    nintendo need to make the wii 2 , the same shape and size of 2 wiis, this way all owners of wii, myself included, will put the origional under the new double layer thick wii2hd. a la’ n64 dd.

    if not, it will look pants with a wii, and eveything else, ninendo are known for this, orange or purple gamecube>? they have wacky ideas,,….have to live with that, but for once, they should make it white, and n64dd ish, then i will buy, otherwise, no deal .

  3. By bob on Dec 27, 2009

    what procssor does the wii use?

  4. By Anders on Dec 27, 2009

    The CPU in the Wii is manufactured by IBM and called Broadway.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_(microprocessor)

  5. By L.A.C. on Dec 27, 2009

    “Intel hopes that the technology will be included in Nintendo’s next console rather than a system like Wii HD.”

    This is what I hope too.
    Do not put so much effort in a console upgrade.
    It doesn’t sound like Nintendo.
    I’d rather see all the effort pay off in the next Nintendo console when it’s announced.

  6. By bob on Dec 27, 2009

    thank you anders.

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