GameCube Hardware/Flipper: Difference between revisions

From Wii-Linux Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
m fix DSP link
Don't have split GC/Wii DI links
 
Line 5: Line 5:
== Flipper contents ==
== Flipper contents ==
The Flipper SoC contains the following:
The Flipper SoC contains the following:
* The [[GameCube Hardware/Drive Interface|GameCube Drive Interface]]
* The [[Hardware/Drive Interface|Drive Interface]]
* The [[Hardware/GX|GX]] GPU from ArtX @ SoC clock
* The [[Hardware/GX|GX]] GPU from ArtX @ SoC clock
* Various interfaces, like [[Hardware/Audio Interface|AI]], [[Hardware/Serial Interface|SI]], [[Hardware/Expansion Interface|EXI]], and so on.
* Various interfaces, like [[Hardware/Audio Interface|AI]], [[Hardware/Serial Interface|SI]], [[Hardware/Expansion Interface|EXI]], and so on.

Latest revision as of 19:20, 30 September 2026

Flipper is the name of the SoC inside of the GameCube. The Flipper SoC contains multiple pieces of hardware all lumped into one. Nintendo claims that the Flipper package is the GameCube's GPU, however, this is not the case. Flipper contains the GPU, but it is not, itself, the GPU.

The Flipper SoC runs at 162MHz. The various hardware blocks inside run at various fractions of that speed.

Flipper contents

[edit | edit source]

The Flipper SoC contains the following:

  • The Drive Interface
  • The GX GPU from ArtX @ SoC clock
  • Various interfaces, like AI, SI, EXI, and so on.
  • An audio DSP by Macronix @ 1/2 SoC clock