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[ABT]IBM Ships 50 Millionth CPU for Wii

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fter the recent announcement by AMD that it shipped its 50 millionth graphics chip codenamed “Hollywood†for the Nintento Wii Game system, now its the tur nof IBM to announce something similar.
IBM has announced the shipment of 50 Millionth Processor for the Nintendo Wii Game System. Here’s the official Press Release......

http://alienbabeltech.com/main/?p=4108
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Adrienspawn
So...some Wii's shipped with no CPU...
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Steroids
No... Im thinking they saw amd's announcement so they figured they should make their announcementtoo
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FieryCoD
Why aren't IBM making CPU's for consumer use?
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Why aren't IBM making CPU's for consumer use?

not much profit, is what i think.
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Hayday
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Why aren't IBM making CPU's for consumer use?

because then they will have to make motherboards and get patents and pay companies to use there stuff, to much money wasted.
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amder
I wouldnt think IBM cpus would sell alot, like Intel and AMD do.
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Originally Posted by FieryCoD View Post
Why aren't IBM making CPU's for consumer use?
The Mac's old PowerPC CPUs were produced by IBM.
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Why aren't IBM making CPU's for consumer use?

Nobody in the right mind is going to be dumb enough to sell them an x86 license and allow them to enter the market. Not to mention motherboards and then all that pesky R&D.
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