Report: Nintendo 3DS Hardware Specs Revealed [Nintendo]

Nintendo’s next handheld game machine, the Nintendo 3DS, shall be significantly more powerful, because of hardware specs that represent an unlimited improvement over the Nintendo DS and its more powerful successor, the Nintendo DSi.

IGN , citing ” persons accustomed to the hardware who spoke to us under the condition of anonymity,” report that the 3DS will come crammed with the subsequent electronic guts.

CPU: 2 x 266MHz ARM11
GPU: PICA200 133MHz GPU by DMP
RAM: 64MB
Video RAM: 4MB
Storage: 1.5GB Flash-based

The original Nintendo DS featured a pair of ARM processors running at 67 MHz and 33 MHz and a comparatively paltry 4 MB RAM. The Nintendo DSi had double the CPU clock speed and quadrupled the system’s RAM, plus added 256 MB of flash-based storage.

We’ve reached out to Nintendo seeking comment on the matter. The company isn’t typically open concerning the nitty gritty hardware aspects of its game hardware and has not yet responded to requests for comment.

New Nintendo 3DS Hardware Info [IGN - thanks, augustofretes !]

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