Nintendo Wii U is powered by the same IBM chip designed for the Watson supercomputer

Nintendo's new console, the Wii U, was finally unveiled to the world at E3 2011. If you didn't know, IBM is the manufacturer for the new Wii U's chip in it, but details were scarce about the IBM silicon Nintendo's new HD powerhouse was packing. However, Engadget did some digging to get a little more info, and IBM has told them that within the Wii U there's a 45nm custom chip with “a lot” of embedded DRAM (shown above). It's a silicon on insulator design and packs the same processor technology found in Watson, the supercomputer that bested a couple of meatbags on Jeopardy awhile back. Unfortunately, IBM wouldn't give us the chip's clock speeds, but if it's good enough to smoke Ken Jennings on national TV, we imagine it'll do alright against its competition from Sony and Microsoft.
source: 2DayBlog.com