By the way, not to be that guy again
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It is supposed to run DS/DSi games, I've read, so I think it should have both an ARM9 and an ARM7... well, maybe an ARM9 but faster (2x? 4x? 8x?) ... just like what Nintendo did with ARM7 when they decided that the DS would run GBA games...WinterMute wrote:Right now we don't even know what the processor is in the 3DS, it'll probably be ARM but who knows, it might even be something new.
I'm quite sure that Nintendo will use one processor, not two or more. It's just my guess though, I don't know for sure, but if they would use dual CPUs, I think those won't be two "physical" CPUs, but two cores in one (You know, a dual core processor. I'm just making it way more complicated for me to explain than it really is...). This is just my guess though.sverx wrote:It is supposed to run DS/DSi games, I've read, so I think it should have both an ARM9 and an ARM7... well, maybe an ARM9 but faster (2x? 4x? 8x?) ... just like what Nintendo did with ARM7 when they decided that the DS would run GBA games...
Or maybe they've put in there a third processor?
Not entirely sure why you feel the need to differentiate here. Most modern processor architectures for game consoles are SoC (System on Chip) which means the chip package contains several processors amongst other things. This doesn't mean that it's one processor, merely that everything is in one package.Gryphon93 wrote:I'm quite sure that Nintendo will use one processor, not two or more. It's just my guess though, I don't know for sure, but if they would use dual CPUs, I think those won't be two "physical" CPUs, but two cores in one (You know, a dual core processor. I'm just making it way more complicated for me to explain than it really is...). This is just my guess though.sverx wrote:It is supposed to run DS/DSi games, I've read, so I think it should have both an ARM9 and an ARM7... well, maybe an ARM9 but faster (2x? 4x? 8x?) ... just like what Nintendo did with ARM7 when they decided that the DS would run GBA games...
Or maybe they've put in there a third processor?
A DSP doesn't do dishes. It does processing. That, apparently, warrants its title as a processor.Discostew wrote:The DSi has a 3rd processor? I thought it was just the same as the DS, but boosted.
Didn't know it had a DSP. All info I heard about the DSi was that, other than the obvious hardware like cameras and such, the ARM9 CPU got a boost (not ARM7?) and the main RAM increased in capacity. That was it.zeromus wrote:A DSP doesn't do dishes. It does processing. That, apparently, warrants its title as a processor.Discostew wrote:The DSi has a 3rd processor? I thought it was just the same as the DS, but boosted.
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