MPU (“Multi Processing Unit”): Custom IBM Power PC “Gekko”
Manufacturing Process: 0.18 micron IBM Copper Wire Technology
Clock Frequency: 485 MHz
CPU Capacity: 1125 Dmips (Dhrystone 2.1)
Internal Data Precision: 32-bit Integer & 64-bit Floating-point
External Bus: 1.3 GB/second peak bandwidth
32-bit address space
64-bit data bus
162 MHz clock
Internal Cache L1: Instruction 32KB, Data 32KB (8 way)
L2: 256KB (2 way)
System LSI: Custom ATI/Nintendo “Flipper”
Manufacturing Process: 0.18 micron NEC Embedded RAM process
Clock Frequency: 162 MHz
Embedded Frame Buffer: Approx. 2 MB
Sustainable Latency: 5ns (IT-SRAM)
Embedded Texture Cache: Approx. 1 MB
Texture Read Bandwidth: 10.4 GB/second (Peak)
Main Memory Bandwidth: 2.6 GB/second (Peak)
Pixel Depth: 24-bit Color, 24-bit Z Buffer
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, Ansitropic Filtering, Real-time Hardware Texture Decompression (S3TC)
Other Features: Real-time Decompression of Display List, HW Motion Compensation Capability
Audio Processing (Incorporated into the System LSI): Sound Processor Custom Macronix 16-bit DSP
Instruction Memory: 8KB RAM + 8KB ROM
Data Memory: 8KB RAM + 4KB ROM
Clock Frequency: 81 MHz
Performance: 64 simultaneous channels, ADPCM encoding
Sampling Frequency: 48KHz
Floating-point Arithmetic Capability: 10.5 GFLOPS (Peak)
(MPU, Geometry Engine, HW Lighting Total)
Real-world polygon 6 to 12 million polygons/second (Peak)
(Assuming actual game conditions with complex models, fully textured, fully textured, fully lit, etc)
System Memory: 40MB
Main Memory: 24MB MoSys IT-SRAM
Less than 10ns Sustainable Latency
A-Memory: 16MB 81 MHz DRAM
Disc Drive: CAV (Constant Angular Velocity) System
Average Access Time: 128ms
Data Transfer Speed: 16Mbps to 25Mbps
Media: 8cm NINTENDO GAMECUBE Disc based on Matsushita’s Optical Disc Technology
Capacity Approx.: 1.5 GB
Input / Output: 4 Controller Ports
2 Memory Card Slots
Analog AV Output
Digital AV Output
2 High-Speed Serial Ports
High-speed Parallel Port
Power Supply: AC Adaptor DC12V x 3.5A
Dimensions: 4.3”(H) x 5.9” (W) x 6.3” (D)