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</style><table class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">Espresso</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption">An illustration of the Wii U <a href="Multi-chip_module" title="Multi-chip module">MCM</a> without heat spreader. The smaller chip, lower right, is the "Espresso" CPU made by IBM. The other chips are the "Latte" GPU (large chip, center) from AMD and an <a href="EEPROM" title="EEPROM">EEPROM</a> chip (tiny chip, upper right) from Renesas.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Launched</th><td class="infobox-data">2012</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discontinued</th><td class="infobox-data">January 31, 2017</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Marketed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a>, <a href="Nintendo_Integrated_Research_%26_Development" title="Nintendo Integrated Research & Development">Nintendo IRD</a>, <a href="Nintendo_Technology_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Nintendo Technology Development">NTD</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Common manufacturer</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">
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</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="IBM_Microelectronics" title="IBM Microelectronics">IBM Microelectronics</a>, Renesas</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Performance</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Max. <a href="Central_processing_unit" title="Central processing unit">CPU</a> <a href="Clock_rate" title="Clock rate">clock rate</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1.243 GHz</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Cache</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">L2 cache</th><td class="infobox-data">1× 2 MB, 2× 512 KB <small>(on-die)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last level cache</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Architecture and classification</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Application</th><td class="infobox-data">Embedded (<a href="Wii_U" title="Wii U">Wii U</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Technology_node" class="mw-redirect" title="Technology node">Technology node</a></th><td class="infobox-data">45 nm</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Microarchitecture" title="Microarchitecture">Microarchitecture</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Not verified by Nintendo</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Instruction_set_architecture" title="Instruction set architecture">Instruction set</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="PowerPC" title="PowerPC">PowerPC 1.1</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instructions</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Physical specifications</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Multi-core_processor" title="Multi-core processor">Cores</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>3</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Graphics_processing_unit" title="Graphics processing unit">GPU</a></th><td class="infobox-data">AMD <a href="Radeon" title="Radeon">Radeon</a>-based <a href="Latte_(graphics_chip)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latte (graphics chip)">"Latte"</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Broadway_(microprocessor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway (microprocessor)">Broadway</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Tegra#Tegra_X1" title="Tegra">Erista</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
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NXP (formerly Freescale and Motorola)</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content">
<ul><li>PowerPC e series (2006)
<ul><li><a href="PowerPC_e200" title="PowerPC e200">e200</a></li>
<li><a href="PowerPC_e300" title="PowerPC e300">e300</a></li>
<li><a href="PowerPC_e500" title="PowerPC e500">e500</a></li>
<li><a href="PowerPC_e600" title="PowerPC e600">e600</a></li>
<li><a href="PowerPC_e5500" title="PowerPC e5500">e5500</a></li>
<li><a href="PowerPC_e6500" title="PowerPC e6500">e6500</a></li></ul></li></ul>
<ul><li>Qor series (2008)
<ul><li><a href="QorIQ" title="QorIQ">QorIQ</a></li>
<li><a href="Qorivva" title="Qorivva">Qorivva</a></li></ul></li></ul></td>
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IBM</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content">
<ul><li><a href="IBM_Power_microprocessors" title="IBM Power microprocessors">Power</a> series (1990)
<ul><li><i><a href="POWER1" title="POWER1">POWER1</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="POWER2" title="POWER2">POWER2</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="POWER3" title="POWER3">POWER3</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="POWER4" title="POWER4">POWER4</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="POWER5" title="POWER5">POWER5</a></i></li>
<li><a href="POWER6" title="POWER6">POWER6</a></li>
<li><a href="POWER7" title="POWER7">POWER7</a></li>
<li><a href="POWER8" title="POWER8">POWER8</a></li>
<li><a href="POWER9" title="POWER9">POWER9</a></li>
<li><a href="Power10" title="Power10">Power10</a></li></ul></li></ul>
<ul><li>PowerPC series (1992)
<ul><li><i><a href="PowerPC_600" title="PowerPC 600">6xx</a></i></li>
<li><a href="PowerPC_400" title="PowerPC 400">4xx</a></li>
<li><a href="PowerPC_7xx" title="PowerPC 7xx">7xx</a></li>
<li><i><a href="PowerPC_G4" title="PowerPC G4">74xx</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="PowerPC_970" title="PowerPC 970">970</a></i></li>
<li><a href="IBM_A2" title="IBM A2">A2</a> (2010)
<ul><li>A2I</li>
<li>A2O</li></ul></li>
<li>RAD series (1997)
<ul><li><i><a href="IBM_RAD6000" title="IBM RAD6000">RAD6000</a></i></li>
<li><a href="RAD750" title="RAD750">RAD750</a></li>
<li><a href="RAD5500" title="RAD5500">RAD5500</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul>
<ul><li><i><a href="IBM_RS64" title="IBM RS64">RS64</a> series</i> (1996)</li></ul></td>
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IBM/Nintendo</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content">
<ul><li><i><a href="Gekko_(processor)" title="Gekko (processor)">Gekko</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Broadway_(processor)" title="Broadway (processor)">Broadway</a></i></li>
<li><i></i></li></ul></td>
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Other</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content">
<ul><li><a href="Titan_(processor)" title="Titan (processor)"><span style="color:#808080">Titan</span></a></li>
<li><a href="PWRficient" title="PWRficient">PWRficient</a></li>
<li><a href="Cell_(processor)" title="Cell (processor)">Cell</a></li>
<li><a href="Xenon_(processor)" title="Xenon (processor)">Xenon</a></li>
<li><i><a href="X704" title="X704">X704</a></i></li></ul></td>
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<ul><li><a href="OpenPOWER_Foundation" title="OpenPOWER Foundation">OpenPOWER Foundation</a></li>
<li><a href="AIM_alliance" title="AIM alliance">AIM alliance</a></li>
<li><a href="Reduced_instruction_set_computing" class="mw-redirect" title="Reduced instruction set computing">RISC</a></li>
<li><a href="IBM_Blue_Gene" title="IBM Blue Gene">Blue Gene</a></li>
<li><a href="Power.org" title="Power.org">Power.org</a></li>
<li><a href="Power_Architecture_Platform_Reference" title="Power Architecture Platform Reference">PAPR</a></li>
<li><a href="PowerPC_Reference_Platform" title="PowerPC Reference Platform">PReP</a></li>
<li><a href="Common_Hardware_Reference_Platform" title="Common Hardware Reference Platform">CHRP</a></li>
<li><a href="AltiVec" title="AltiVec">AltiVec</a></li></ul></td>
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<p><b>Espresso</b> is the codename of the <a href="32-bit" class="mw-redirect" title="32-bit">32-bit</a> <a href="Central_processing_unit" title="Central processing unit">central processing unit</a> (CPU) used in <a href="Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a>'s <a href="Wii_U" title="Wii U">Wii U</a> <a href="Video_game_console" title="Video game console">video game console</a>. It was designed by <a href="IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a>, and was produced using a <a href="45_nanometer" class="mw-redirect" title="45 nanometer">45 nm</a> <a href="Silicon-on-insulator" class="mw-redirect" title="Silicon-on-insulator">silicon-on-insulator</a> process. The Espresso chip resides together with a <a href="Graphics_processing_unit" title="Graphics processing unit">GPU</a> from <a href="Advanced_Micro_Devices" class="mw-redirect" title="Advanced Micro Devices">AMD</a> on an <a href="Multi-chip_module" title="Multi-chip module">MCM</a> manufactured by <a href="Renesas_Electronics" title="Renesas Electronics">Renesas</a>. It was revealed at <a href="Electronic_Entertainment_Expo_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011">E3 2011</a> in June 2011 and released in November 2012.
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<p>IBM and Nintendo have revealed that the Espresso processor is a <a href="PowerPC" title="PowerPC">PowerPC</a>-based microprocessor with three cores on a single chip to reduce power consumption and increase speed. The CPU and the graphics processor are placed on a single substrate as a <a href="Multi-chip_module" title="Multi-chip module">multi-chip module</a> (MCM) to reduce complexity, increase the communication speed between the chips, further reduce power consumption, and reduce cost and space required. The two chips were assembled to the complete MCM by Renesas in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Espresso itself was manufactured by IBM in its 300 mm plant in <a href="East_Fishkill%2C_New_York" title="East Fishkill, New York">East Fishkill, New York</a>, using <a href="45_nanometer" class="mw-redirect" title="45 nanometer">45 nm</a> <a href="Silicon_on_insulator" title="Silicon on insulator">SOI</a>-technology<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="EDRAM" title="EDRAM">embedded DRAM</a> (eDRAM) for <a href="CPU_cache" title="CPU cache">caches</a>.
</p><p>While unverified by Nintendo, <a href="Hacker" title="Hacker">hackers</a>, teardowns, and unofficial informants have since revealed more information about the Espresso, such as its name,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> size<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and speed.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The microarchitecture seems to be quite similar to its predecessors the <a href="Broadway_(microprocessor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway (microprocessor)">Broadway</a> and <a href="Gekko_(microprocessor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gekko (microprocessor)">Gekko</a>, i.e. <a href="PowerPC_7xx#PowerPC_740/750" title="PowerPC 7xx">PowerPC 750</a> based, but enhanced with larger and faster <a href="CPU_cache" title="CPU cache">caches</a> and <a href="Multiprocessing" title="Multiprocessing">multiprocessor</a> support.
</p><p>Rumors that the Wii U CPU was derived from IBM's high-end <a href="POWER7" title="POWER7">POWER7</a> server processor proved false, as it would potentially increase the manufacturing and retail cost of the system, and require a larger form factor. Espresso shares some technology with POWER7, such as eDRAM and general instruction set similarities, but those are superficial similarities.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2></div>
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<ul><li><a href="Out-of-order_execution" title="Out-of-order execution">Out-of-order execution</a> <a href="PowerPC" title="PowerPC">PowerPC</a> based cores</li>
<li>45 nanometer process technology</li>
<li>IBM <a href="Silicon_on_insulator" title="Silicon on insulator">silicon on insulator</a> (SOI) technology</li>
<li>Backward compatible with the <a href="Broadway_(microprocessor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway (microprocessor)">Broadway</a> and <a href="Gekko_(microprocessor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gekko (microprocessor)">Gekko</a> processors</li></ul>
<p>The following specifications <i>have not been officially confirmed</i> by either <a href="Nintendo" title="Nintendo">Nintendo</a> or <a href="IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a>. They have been obtained by <a href="Reverse_engineering" title="Reverse engineering">reverse engineering</a> by hacker Hector Martin, alias <a href="Marcan" class="mw-redirect" title="Marcan">marcan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li><a href="Broadway_(microprocessor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadway (microprocessor)">Broadway</a>-based core architecture<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>Three cores at 1.243125 <a href="Hertz" title="Hertz">GHz</a></li>
<li><a href="Symmetric_multiprocessing" title="Symmetric multiprocessing">Symmetric multiprocessing</a> with <a href="MESI_protocol" title="MESI protocol">MESI</a>/<a href="MERSI_protocol" title="MERSI protocol">MERSI</a> support<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>Each core can output up to 4 instructions per clock using <a href="Superscalar" class="mw-redirect" title="Superscalar">superscalar</a> parallelism.</li>
<li>32-bit <a href="Arithmetic_logic_unit" title="Arithmetic logic unit">integer unit</a></li>
<li>64-bit floating-point (or 2× 32-bit SIMD, often found under the denomination "paired singles")</li>
<li>A total of 3 MB of <a href="CPU_cache" title="CPU cache">Level 2 cache</a> in an unusual configuration.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
<ul><li>Core 0: 512 KB, core 1: 2 MB, core 2: 512 KB</li></ul></li>
<li>4 stage pipeline <sup id="cite_ref-750CL-datasheet_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-750CL-datasheet-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>7 stage pipeline - FP<sup id="cite_ref-750CL-datasheet_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-750CL-datasheet-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>6 Execution Units per core (18 EUs total)<sup id="cite_ref-750CL-datasheet_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-750CL-datasheet-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li>
<li>Die size: 4.74 mm × 5.85 mm = 27.73 mm<sup>2</sup></li></ul>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFJoel_Hruska2012" class="citation web cs1">Joel Hruska (November 29, 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hothardware.com/News/Hackers-Discover-Wii-Us-Clock-Speed-Processor-Design/">"Hackers Discover Wii U's Processor Design and Clock Speed"</a>. <a href="HotHardware" title="HotHardware">HotHardware</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 21,</span> 2014</span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFMartín2012" class="citation web cs1">Martín, Héctor [@marcan42] (2012-12-09). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131005034521/https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/277823057844903938">"@DFaker no, it's just a 750. PPC750 can issue 3/cycle and retire 2/cycle. @dampflokfreund yes, three Broadways and more cache"</a> (<a href="Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/marcan42/status/277823057844903938">the original</a> on 2013-10-05 – via <a href="Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFMartín2013" class="citation web cs1">Martín, Héctor [@marcan42] (2013-01-30). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131008041027/https://twitter.com/marcan42/status/296605342568153089">"@theevilmuppet L1 is the same, L2 is different (this is the claimed eDRAM). 512K/2M/512K L2 cache per core (core 1 has more cache)"</a> (<a href="Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/marcan42/status/296605342568153089">the original</a> on 2013-10-08 – via <a href="Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-750CL-datasheet-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-750CL-datasheet_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-750CL-datasheet_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-750CL-datasheet_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://fail0verflow.com/media/files/ppc_750cl.pdf">"IBM PowerPC 750CL Microprocessor Revision Level DD2.x Datasheet"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>.</cite></span>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/df-hardware-wii-u-graphics-power-finally-revealed">Wii U graphics power finally revealed</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.computerandvideogames.com/389373/nintendo-exec-denies-wii-u-processor-is-a-little-poor/">Nintendo exec denies Wii U processor is 'a little poor'</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://i.imgur.com/HmXUbnE.png">First page of developer's user manual</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Nintendo_Entertainment_System" title="Nintendo Entertainment System">NES</a>
<ul><li><a href="Nintendo_Entertainment_System_models" title="Nintendo Entertainment System models">models</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System" title="Super Nintendo Entertainment System">Super NES</a></li>
<li><a href="Nintendo_64" title="Nintendo 64">Nintendo 64</a>
<ul><li><a href="IQue_Player" title="IQue Player">iQue Player</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="GameCube" title="GameCube">GameCube</a></li>
<li><a href="Wii" title="Wii">Wii</a></li>
<li><a href="Wii_U" title="Wii U">Wii U</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Game_Boy" title="Game Boy">Game Boy</a></li>
<li><a href="Game_Boy_Color" title="Game Boy Color">Game Boy Color</a></li>
<li><a href="Game_Boy_Advance" title="Game Boy Advance">Game Boy Advance</a>
<ul><li><a href="Game_Boy_Advance_SP" title="Game Boy Advance SP">SP</a></li>
<li><a href="Game_Boy_Micro" title="Game Boy Micro">Micro</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Pok%C3%A9mon_Mini" title="Pokémon Mini">Pokémon Mini</a></li>
<li><a href="Nintendo_DS" title="Nintendo DS">Nintendo DS</a>
<ul><li><a href="Nintendo_DS_Lite" class="mw-redirect" title="Nintendo DS Lite">Lite</a></li>
<li><a href="Nintendo_DSi" title="Nintendo DSi">DSi</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Nintendo_3DS" title="Nintendo 3DS">Nintendo 3DS</a>
<ul><li><a href="Nintendo_2DS" title="Nintendo 2DS">2DS</a></li>
<li><a href="New_Nintendo_3DS" title="New Nintendo 3DS">New 3DS</a></li>
<li><a href="New_Nintendo_2DS_XL" title="New Nintendo 2DS XL">New 2DS XL</a></li></ul></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Virtual_Boy" title="Virtual Boy">Virtual Boy</a></li>
<li><a href="Nintendo_Switch" title="Nintendo Switch">Nintendo Switch</a></li>
<li><a href="Nintendo_Switch_2" title="Nintendo Switch 2">Nintendo Switch 2</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Dedicated</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Color_TV-Game" title="Color TV-Game">Color TV-Game</a></li>
<li><a href="Game_%26_Watch" title="Game & Watch">Game & Watch</a></li>
<li><i><a href="Computer_Mah-jong_Yakuman" title="Computer Mah-jong Yakuman">Computer Mah-jong Yakuman</a></i></li>
<li><a href="Nintendo_Gateway_System" title="Nintendo Gateway System">Nintendo Gateway System</a></li>
<li><a href="Nintendo_Mini_Classics" title="Nintendo Mini Classics">Mini Classics</a></li>
<li><a href="Pok%C3%A9mon_Pikachu" title="Pokémon Pikachu">Pokémon Pikachu</a></li>
<li><a href="NES_Classic_Edition" title="NES Classic Edition">NES Classic Edition</a></li>
<li><a href="Super_NES_Classic_Edition" title="Super NES Classic Edition">Super NES Classic Edition</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Peripherals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="List_of_Nintendo_Entertainment_System_accessories" title="List of Nintendo Entertainment System accessories">NES</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System_accessories" title="List of Super Nintendo Entertainment System accessories">Super NES</a></li>
<li><a href="Nintendo_64_accessories" title="Nintendo 64 accessories">N64</a></li>
<li><a href="Game_Boy_accessories" title="Game Boy accessories">Game Boy</a></li>
<li><a href="GameCube_accessories" title="GameCube accessories">GCN</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Nintendo_DS_accessories" title="List of Nintendo DS accessories">DS</a></li>
<li><a href="Third-party_accessories_for_the_Wii_Remote" title="Third-party accessories for the Wii Remote">Wii Remote</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Add-ons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Famicom_Data_Recorder" title="Famicom Data Recorder">Famicom Data Recorder</a></li>
<li><a href="Famicom_Disk_System" title="Famicom Disk System">Famicom Disk System</a></li>
<li><a href="Famicom_3D_System" title="Famicom 3D System">Famicom 3D System</a></li>
<li><a href="Super_NES_CD-ROM" title="Super NES CD-ROM">Super NES CD-ROM</a></li>
<li><a href="Super_Game_Boy" title="Super Game Boy">Super Game Boy</a></li>
<li><a href="Rumble_Pak" title="Rumble Pak">Rumble Pak</a></li>
<li><a href="Game_Boy_Camera" title="Game Boy Camera">Game Boy Camera</a></li>
<li><a href="Game_Boy_Printer" title="Game Boy Printer">Game Boy Printer</a></li>
<li><a href="64DD" title="64DD">64DD</a></li>
<li><a href="Nintendo_e-Reader" title="Nintendo e-Reader">e-Reader</a></li>
<li><a href="Game_Boy_Player" title="Game Boy Player">Game Boy Player</a></li>
<li><a href="Wii_MotionPlus" title="Wii MotionPlus">Wii MotionPlus</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Connectivity</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="NES_Satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="NES Satellite">NES Satellite</a></li>
<li><a href="NES_Four_Score" class="mw-redirect" title="NES Four Score">NES Four Score</a></li>
<li><a href="Game_Link_Cable" title="Game Link Cable">Game Link Cable</a></li>
<li><a href="Transfer_Pak" title="Transfer Pak">Transfer Pak</a></li>
<li><a href="Mobile_Adapter_GB" title="Mobile Adapter GB">Mobile Adapter GB</a></li>
<li><a href="GameCube_%E2%80%93_Game_Boy_Advance_link_cable" title="GameCube – Game Boy Advance link cable">GCN – GBA Link Cable</a></li>
<li><a href="Game_Boy_Advance_Wireless_Adapter" title="Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter">GBA Wireless Adapter</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_Nintendo_controllers" title="List of Nintendo controllers">Controllers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="NES_Zapper" title="NES Zapper">NES Zapper</a></li>
<li><a href="Family_BASIC" title="Family BASIC">Family BASIC</a></li>
<li><a href="R.O.B." title="R.O.B.">R.O.B.</a></li>
<li><a href="NES_Advantage" title="NES Advantage">NES Advantage</a></li>
<li><a href="Super_NES_Mouse" title="Super NES Mouse">Super NES Mouse</a></li>
<li><a href="Super_Scope" title="Super Scope">Super Scope</a></li>
<li><a href="Nintendo_64_controller" title="Nintendo 64 controller">Nintendo 64</a></li>
<li><a href="GameCube_controller" title="GameCube controller">GameCube</a>
<ul><li><a href="WaveBird_Wireless_Controller" title="WaveBird Wireless Controller">WaveBird Wireless</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Wii_Remote" title="Wii Remote">Wii Remote</a>
<ul><li><a href="Classic_Controller" title="Classic Controller">Classic Controller</a></li>
<li><a href="Wii_Zapper" title="Wii Zapper">Wii Zapper</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Wii_Balance_Board" title="Wii Balance Board">Wii Balance Board</a></li>
<li><a href="Wii_U_GamePad" title="Wii U GamePad">Wii U GamePad</a></li>
<li><a href="Wii_U_Pro_Controller" title="Wii U Pro Controller">Wii U Pro</a></li>
<li><a href="Joy-Con" title="Joy-Con">Joy-Con</a></li>
<li><a href="Nintendo_Switch_Pro_Controller" title="Nintendo Switch Pro Controller">Nintendo Switch Pro</a></li>
<li><a href="Pok%C3%A9_Ball_Plus" title="Poké Ball Plus">Poké Ball Plus</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Networking</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Family_Computer_Network_System" title="Family Computer Network System">Family Computer Network System</a></li>
<li><a href="Satellaview" title="Satellaview">Satellaview</a></li>
<li><a href="Nintendo_Wi-Fi_USB_Connector" title="Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector">Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Nintendo_Power_(cartridge)" title="Nintendo Power (cartridge)">Nintendo Power</a></li>
<li><a href="Wii_Speak" title="Wii Speak">Wii Speak</a></li>
<li><a href="Amiibo" title="Amiibo">Amiibo</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Arcade</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Nintendo_VS._System" title="Nintendo VS. System">VS. System</a></li>
<li><a href="PlayChoice-10" class="mw-redirect" title="PlayChoice-10">PlayChoice-10</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Integrated circuits</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Ricoh_2A03" title="Ricoh 2A03">2A03</a></li>
<li><a href="CIC_(Nintendo)" title="CIC (Nintendo)">CIC</a></li>
<li><a href="Ricoh_5A22" title="Ricoh 5A22">5A22</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_Super_NES_enhancement_chips" title="List of Super NES enhancement chips">Super NES enhancement chips</a>
<ul><li><a href="Super_FX" title="Super FX">Super FX</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="GameCube_technical_specifications" title="GameCube technical specifications">GameCube technical specifications</a>
<ul><li><a href="Gekko_(processor)" title="Gekko (processor)">Gekko</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Broadway_(processor)" title="Broadway (processor)">Broadway</a></li>
<li><a href="Hollywood_(graphics_chip)" title="Hollywood (graphics chip)">Hollywood</a></li>
<li><a href="PICA200" title="PICA200">PICA200</a></li>
<li><a href="Tegra_X1" class="mw-redirect" title="Tegra X1">Tegra X1</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Game_Pak" title="Game Pak">Game Pak</a>
<ul><li><a href="Nintendo_Entertainment_System_Game_Pak" class="mw-redirect" title="Nintendo Entertainment System Game Pak">NES</a></li>
<li><a href="Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System_Game_Pak" title="Super Nintendo Entertainment System Game Pak">Super NES</a></li>
<li><a href="Game_Boy_Game_Pak" title="Game Boy Game Pak">Game Boy</a></li>
<li><a href="Nintendo_64_Game_Pak" title="Nintendo 64 Game Pak">N64</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="Game_Boy_Advance_Video" title="Game Boy Advance Video">Game Boy Advance Video</a></li>
<li><a href="Play-Yan" title="Play-Yan">Play-Yan</a></li>
<li><a href="Nintendo_optical_discs" title="Nintendo optical discs">Nintendo optical discs</a></li>
<li><a href="Nintendo_Game_Card" title="Nintendo Game Card">Nintendo Game Card</a></li></ul>
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