3 ms·The Wii and Wii U are using PowerPC CPUs.by chx 10y agoThe Wii and Wii U are using PowerPC CPUs.kbenson 10y agoYes. The distinction being made here is that PowerPC is not necessarily the same as Power, even if they have a shared lineage.ajdlinux 10y agoMore importantly, the system architecture is different.