14 DAY TRIAL // During the same great Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) fair in LA, Nintendo finally decided to reveal some more specs of its upcoming Wii console, which will be released in the fourth quarter of the year at an affordable price, the manufacturer stated.
It seems that Nintendo's Wii will be powered by a processor created with IBM'S help, a new version of the manufacturer's Power 750 FX chip released in 2001, produced using 90nm process technology, an innovative IBM expertise and will boast 91 MB of memory.
But it will not feature a hard disk drive, having instead a 512MB of flash memory. If the user wishes to upgrade the memory, he will be able to use the card reader.
Furthermore, Wii can be permanently wireless connected to the Internet, even if it's not working, because of a built-in IEEE 802.11b/g wireless network controller, or with a USB 2.0 LAN adaptor. Other than Internet, Wii can be connected to a TV set using an AV multi-output port.
Wii can be controlled using three-axis motion-sensitive Wii Remote controllers which can be used as a pointer within 5 meters of the screen, or the Nunchuk controller.