NEC Plant opens for Gamecube Production

NEC Corporation and NEC Kyushu, Ltd. officially opened the world's most advanced semiconductor plant to supply Nintendo's "NINTENDO GAMECUBE" next generation game machine in Kyushu, Japan.

The new plant "Fab 9", located on the first floor of No.8 factory at NEC Kyushu, will offer 0.13-micron embedded DRAM process technology and stand as the world's most advanced semiconductor factory. The new line will have a production capability of 10,000 wafers per month and all together represents an investment of 8 billion Yen.

"Fab 9" will adopt the 0.18-micron embedded DRAM process to concentrate on producing highly advanced graphics LSI for Nintendo's next generation game machine, the "NINTENDO GAMECUBE".

The new facilities main features are as follows:

Corresponds to the detailed design rules for the embedded DRAM logic production line.

Low labor cost and high flexibility through advanced factory automation.

High-energy efficiency and to zero-emission of waste materials.

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NEC Plant opens for Gamecube Production

Let me tell you somethingGuys; Nintendo has the greatest games ever created, they have won tons of awards since the creation of their first console thanks to the master mind of all games like Zelda series, metroid, and why not the Mario’s series. The person responsible for this unique creation that delivers incomparable fun factor for hardcore gamers is (he is describe by many as the video games Picasso or why not, Devin chi) SHIGERU MIYAMOTO.When Nintendo new console is release, those fox from Sony and Microsoft (MS the company that suck the most. they want to rip ppl off just like they do it in the pc business where they monopolize this "market". MS shit of OS sucks a lot get LINUX. See reality with logic; MS have no business in the game war + japans companies will support their companies believe me)Nintendo will repeat its saga once again just like in the old times.About the PS2- well I think that it’s a great machine with a lot of support by the biggest brand in the industry: SQUARE Soft, CAPCOM, KONAMI and NANCO. But it has its down sides which are that Sony doesn't know how to create good games, most of the games created by Sony suck so they most keep controlling square soft cause if square star supporting the-GAME CUBE- this time nothing will stop NINTENDO from getting the first place in this "war".att:: a true NINTENDO FAN –

NEC Plant opens for Gamecube Production

True.Like I said in my GBA comment, the N64 have about 80% of good games (most were actually groundbreaking at the time, ie Mario64 - truly amazing, Zelda64 - HUGE game + very, very good, even Waverace had a very superior liquid motion (water/wave) technology.))Unfortunatly, Nintendo released this console too late, as the market was already dominated by the PS, plus Nintendo also have a reputation for producing 'kiddie' games! This has been going on since the SNES (I remember when Mortal Kombat had sweat replacing the blood!), but there are a few games for N64 that would not be considered kids games (take Resident Evil 2 for example, it scared me!!!)Being a PC user, I was surprised by the amount of people that didn't want to wait an extra year to buy an N64, it have far superior technology, and games actually looked nice (unlike PS games which were just a blocky mess!) It's a bit like a PC user that can't be bothered to wait for a new 3D accelerator card, so he/she goes out and buys a bog standard 2D card.....it just doesn't make sense!!Sega were also a good company when the started out, but things went horribly wrong.And as for the PS2, what a load of CRAP! Would you really want to pay £350 upwards for a console that has low end PC hardware + shit games (due to the fact it is THE hardest platform to develop for.....EVER!) Also, would you really want something that looks like a cheap, nasty 80's VCR sat next to your nice Sony Trinitron TV?....I think not!P - Pile ofS - Shite2 - Squared!

NEC Plant opens for Gamecube Production

.....oh yeah, forgot to mention, Gamecube will rock, if Nintendo release it soon enough. Very easy to develop for, looks nice, mini DVD media is cool (and cheap)....the list of good points is endless!Just one other thing about PS2, if it's meant to be so good, have technology like a super computer, and is apparently the future of video gaming, why can most of it's titles be repoduced on a PC (not even a top end PC) with higher resolutions, better frame rates, increased texture depth, better multiplay features etc etc????

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