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Yes. It was created by an unrelated hardware company 6 years before the 3DS was announced. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PICA200 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by Scaevolus 5y ago
Yes. It was created by an unrelated hardware company 6 years before the 3DS was announced.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PICA200 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PICA200
- NextHendrix 5y agoPerhaps it influenced the Nintendo hardware team to choose it
- serf 5y agoit was an economy/efficiency choice. it was either an American Nvidia model or a Japanese DMP. A high res camera wasn't needed, nor were the programmable shaders that Tegra 2 offered -- Nintendo decided to go with the chip that ran cooler, longer, was produced with a local IP, and came with tessellation for almost-free.
- philistine 5y agoYou forgot the most important point: it also sounded like Pikachu!