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== Hollywood contents ==
== Hollywood contents ==
The Hollywood chip contains the following:
The Hollywood chip contains the following:
* USB (EHCI, and 2x OHCI) Host Controllers
* [[Wii Hardware/USB|USB (EHCI, and 2x OHCI) Host Controllers]]
* SD Host Controller
* SD Host Controller
* SHA-1 and AES engines to handle encryption
* SHA-1 and AES engines to handle encryption

Latest revision as of 05:06, 7 November 2024

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

Hollywood contents[edit]

The Hollywood chip contains the following:

  • USB (EHCI, and 2x OHCI) Host Controllers
  • SD Host Controller
  • SHA-1 and AES engines to handle encryption
  • NAND Interface
  • 802.11 Wi-Fi Interface (Bluetooth is simply connected over the internal OHCI controller)
  • GPIO Interface
  • The Starlet ARM security co-processor
  • The GX GPU, based on the Flipper