Wii Hardware/BCM4318 - Revision history

Techflash: update seealso usage

2026-07-29T22:53:05Z

update seealso usage

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	{{seealso\|https://web.archive.org/web/20180817063137/http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/Wii:WLAN GC-Linux wiki page about the Wii's Wi-Fi card, goes into great detail about the hardware and explains why it's so slow}}		{{seealso\|[https://web.archive.org/web/20180817063137/http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/Wii:WLAN GC-Linux wiki page about the Wii's Wi-Fi card, goes into great detail about the hardware and explains why it's so slow]}}

	The [[Wii]] features a Wi-Fi chipset from Broadcom, specifically the Broadcom 4318.		The [[Wii]] features a Wi-Fi chipset from Broadcom, specifically the Broadcom 4318.

Techflash: formatting fixes

2026-07-29T22:48:26Z

formatting fixes

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	{{seealso\|https://web.archive.org/web/20180817063137/http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/Wii:WLAN GC-Linux wiki page about the Wii's Wi-Fi card, goes into great detail about the hardware and explains why it's so slow}}		{{seealso\|https://web.archive.org/web/20180817063137/http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/Wii:WLAN GC-Linux wiki page about the Wii's Wi-Fi card, goes into great detail about the hardware and explains why it's so slow}}

	The [[Wii]] features a Wi-Fi chipset from Broadcom, specifically the Broadcom 4318.		The [[Wii]] features a Wi-Fi chipset from Broadcom, specifically the Broadcom 4318.

	This Wi-Fi adapter is unfortunately heavily constrained due to it's connection, it's connected over Sonics Silicon Backplace (SSB), connected over SDIO on SDHCI1, on the [[Wii Hardware/Hollywood\|Hollywood]] SoC. The overhead of interfacing with this Wi-Fi card along with various standard network protocols are very taxing for the [[Wii Hardware/Broadway\|Wii's CPU]].		This Wi-Fi adapter is unfortunately heavily constrained due to it's connection, it's connected over Sonics Silicon Backplace (SSB), connected over SDIO on SDHCI1, on the [[Wii Hardware/Hollywood\|Hollywood]] SoC. The overhead of interfacing with this Wi-Fi card along with various standard network protocols are very taxing for the [[Wii Hardware/Broadway\|Wii's CPU]].

	== Compatibility ==		== Compatibility ==
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	[[NetBSD]] also includes support for this card.		[[NetBSD]] also includes support for this card.


	[[Category:Wii Hardware]]		[[Category:Wii Hardware]]

Tech64DD: add link to broadway page

2026-07-29T22:47:24Z

add link to broadway page

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	The [[Wii]] features a Wi-Fi chipset from Broadcom, specifically the Broadcom 4318.		The [[Wii]] features a Wi-Fi chipset from Broadcom, specifically the Broadcom 4318.

	This Wi-Fi adapter is unfortunately heavily constrained due to it's connection, it's connected over Sonics Silicon Backplace (SSB), connected over SDIO on SDHCI1, on the [[Wii Hardware/Hollywood\|Hollywood]] SoC. The overhead of interfacing with this Wi-Fi card along with various standard network protocols are very taxing for the Wii's CPU.		This Wi-Fi adapter is unfortunately heavily constrained due to it's connection, it's connected over Sonics Silicon Backplace (SSB), connected over SDIO on SDHCI1, on the [[Wii Hardware/Hollywood\|Hollywood]] SoC. The overhead of interfacing with this Wi-Fi card along with various standard network protocols are very taxing for the [[Wii Hardware/Broadway\|Wii's CPU]].

	== Compatibility ==		== Compatibility ==

Tech64DD: remove shared hardware category

2026-07-29T22:41:19Z

remove shared hardware category

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	[[Category:Wii Hardware]]		[[Category:Wii Hardware]]
	~~[[Category:Shared Hardware]]~~

Tech64DD: Tech64DD moved page Hardware/BCM4318 to Wii Hardware/BCM4318

2026-07-29T22:39:10Z

Tech64DD moved page Hardware/BCM4318 to Wii Hardware/BCM4318

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Tech64DD: remove mentions of the wii u

2026-07-29T22:38:59Z

remove mentions of the wii u

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	{{seealso\|https://web.archive.org/web/20180817063137/http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/Wii:WLAN GC-Linux wiki page about the Wii's Wi-Fi card, goes into great detail about the hardware and explains why it's so slow}}		{{seealso\|https://web.archive.org/web/20180817063137/http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/Wii:WLAN GC-Linux wiki page about the Wii's Wi-Fi card, goes into great detail about the hardware and explains why it's so slow}}

	The [[Wii~~]] and [[Wii U~~]] features a Wi-Fi chipset from Broadcom, specifically the Broadcom 4318.		The [[Wii]] features a Wi-Fi chipset from Broadcom, specifically the Broadcom 4318.

	This Wi-Fi adapter is unfortunately heavily constrained due to it's connection, it's connected over Sonics Silicon Backplace (SSB), connected over SDIO on SDHCI1, on the [[Wii Hardware/Hollywood\|Hollywood~~]] and [[Wii U Hardware/Latte\|Latte~~]] SoC. The overhead of interfacing with this Wi-Fi card along with various standard network protocols are very taxing for the Wii's CPU.		This Wi-Fi adapter is unfortunately heavily constrained due to it's connection, it's connected over Sonics Silicon Backplace (SSB), connected over SDIO on SDHCI1, on the [[Wii Hardware/Hollywood\|Hollywood]] SoC. The overhead of interfacing with this Wi-Fi card along with various standard network protocols are very taxing for the Wii's CPU.

	== Compatibility ==		== Compatibility ==
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	[[Category:Wii Hardware]]		[[Category:Wii Hardware]]
	~~[[Category:Wii U Hardware]]~~
	[[Category:Shared Hardware]]		[[Category:Shared Hardware]]

Tech64DD: add categories

2026-07-29T22:34:57Z

add categories

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	[[NetBSD]] also includes support for this card.		[[NetBSD]] also includes support for this card.


			[[Category:Wii Hardware]]
			[[Category:Wii U Hardware]]
			[[Category:Shared Hardware]]

Tech64DD: Tech64DD moved page Wii Hardware/Wi-Fi to Hardware/BCM4318: replacing the bcm4318 page

2026-07-29T22:33:32Z

Tech64DD moved page Wii Hardware/Wi-Fi to Hardware/BCM4318: replacing the bcm4318 page

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Techflash: expand gc-linux note

2026-07-29T22:33:18Z

expand gc-linux note

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	{{seealso\|https://web.archive.org/web/20180817063137/http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/Wii:WLAN GC-Linux wiki page about the Wii's Wi-Fi card}}		{{seealso\|https://web.archive.org/web/20180817063137/http://www.gc-linux.org/wiki/Wii:WLAN GC-Linux wiki page about the Wii's Wi-Fi card, goes into great detail about the hardware and explains why it's so slow}}

	The [[Wii]] and [[Wii U]] features a Wi-Fi chipset from Broadcom, specifically the Broadcom 4318.		The [[Wii]] and [[Wii U]] features a Wi-Fi chipset from Broadcom, specifically the Broadcom 4318.

Techflash: Hollywood and Latte are SoCs, fix grammar

2026-07-29T22:32:23Z

Hollywood and Latte are SoCs, fix grammar

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	The [[Wii]] and [[Wii U]] features a Wi-Fi chipset from Broadcom, specifically the Broadcom 4318.		The [[Wii]] and [[Wii U]] features a Wi-Fi chipset from Broadcom, specifically the Broadcom 4318.

	This Wi-Fi adapter is unfortunately heavily constrained due to it's connection, it's connected over Sonics Silicon Backplace (SSB), connected over SDIO on SDHCI1, on the [[Hollywood]]/[[Wii U Hardware/Latte\|Latte]] ~~chipset~~. The overhead of interfacing with this Wi-Fi card along with various standard network protocols are very taxing for the Wii's CPU.		This Wi-Fi adapter is unfortunately heavily constrained due to it's connection, it's connected over Sonics Silicon Backplace (SSB), connected over SDIO on SDHCI1, on the [[Wii Hardware/Hollywood\|Hollywood]] and [[Wii U Hardware/Latte\|Latte]] SoC. The overhead of interfacing with this Wi-Fi card along with various standard network protocols are very taxing for the Wii's CPU.

	== Compatibility ==		== Compatibility ==