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GameCube Specifications
Note: Original publication date is missing
Audio Processing (Incorporated into the System LSI)
| Feature | Specification |
|---|---|
| Performance | 64 simultaneous channels ADPCM & PCM encoding |
| Sound Processor | Custom Macronix 16-bit DSP |
| Instruction Memory | 8KB RAM + 8KB ROM |
| Data Memory | 8KB RAM + 4KB ROM |
| Clock Frequency | 81 MHz |
MPU (“Micro Processing Unit”) Custom IBM Power PC “Gekko”
| Feature | Specification |
|---|---|
| Internal Cache | L1: Instruction 32KB, Data 32KB (8 way)L2: 256KB (2 way) |
| Manufacturing Process | 0.18 micron IBM Copper Wire Technology |
| External Bus | 1.3 GB/second peak bandwidth32-bit address space64-bit data bus162 MHz clock |
| Clock Frequency | 485 MHz |
| CPU Capacity | 1125 Dmips (Dhrystone 2.1) |
| Internal Precision | Data 32-bit Integer & 64-bit Floating-point |
System LSI Custom ATI/Nintendo “Flipper”
| Feature | Specification |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing Process | 0.18 micron NEC Embedded DRAM Process |
| Texture Bandwidth | Read 10.4 GB/second (Peak) |
| Main Memory Bandwidth | 2.6 GB/second (Peak) |
| Pixel Depth | 24-bit Color, 24-bit Z Buffer |
| Clock Frequency | 162 MHzSustainable Latency: 6.2ns (1T-SRAM) |
| Embedded Texture Cache | Approx. 1 MBSustainable Latency: 6.2 ns (1T-SRAM) |
| Embedded Frame Buffer | Approx. 2 MB |
| Image Processing Functions | Fog, Subpixel Anti-aliasing, 8 Hardware Lights, Alpha Blending, Virtual Texture Design, Multi-texturing, Bump Mapping, Environment Mapping, MIP Mapping, Bilinear Filtering, Trilinear Filtering, Anisotropic Filtering, Real-time Hardware Texture Decompression (S3TC)Real-time Decompression of Display List, HW 3-line Deflickering filter |
Performance
| Feature | Specification |
|---|---|
| Power Supply | AC Adapter DC12V x 3.5A |
| Floating-point Arithmetic Capability | 10.5 GFLOPS (Peak) |
| Real-world polygon | 6 to 12 million polygons/second |
| Sampling Frequency | 48KHz |
| Disc Drive | CAV System |
| Dimensions | 4.3"(H) x 5.9"(W) x 6.3"(D) |
| Main Memory | 24 MB MoSys 1T-SRAM |
| A-Memory | 16 MB 81 MHz DRAM |
| Average Access Time | 128ms |
| Data Transfer Speed | 16Mbps to 25Mbps |
| System Memory “Splash” | 40 MB |
| Capacity | Approx. 1.5GB |