The first IBM microprocessors that will drive Nintendo’s Wii video game console have been shipped from IBM’s New York plant. The shipment follows the recent signing of a multi-year microchip production agreement between IBM and Nintendo which will see the chip-maker supporting the launch of the game console.
The chip, code-named Broadway, “will deliver experiences not previously possible on video game consoles,” according to IBM.
Nintendo has not made any formal announcements about the launch date for the Wii console, but the industry is expecting the machine to be on retail store shelves around mid-November.
Under the agreement, IBM will produce millions of fully tested Power Architecture-based chips featuring 90 nanometre IBM Silicon on Insulator (SOI) technology.
The relationship between IBM and Nintendo dates to May 1999, when IBM announced a comprehensive technology agreement to design and manufacture the central microprocessor, often referred to as the “Gekko” chip, for the Nintendo GameCube system.
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