LEAKED: Nitro / DS specs

Yesterday, the codename accidentally leaked from Nintendo. This morning, we received a nice scan of a document showing some specifications of the Nitro / Nintendo DS... *update* We've received a fully translated version of the factsheet.

Yesterday, the codename accidentally leaked from Nintendo. This morning, we received a nice scan of a document showing some specifications of the Nitro / Nintendo DS...

As you can see, most of the stuff written there is in Japanese. Luckily, we found someone capable of translating most of it so we'll get a decent view on the idea's going on in Nintendo's R&D department.

CPU	Main processor	ARM946E-S (67MHz) Cache: 8KB data 4KB TCM : 32KB data 16KB
CPU	Sub processor	ARM7TDMI (33MHz)
Memory	Main memory	4MB
	ARM9/ARM7	32KB (2 times 16KB)
	ARM7 Work RAM	64KB
	VRAM	656KB
LCD	Display	two screens of 256x192 pixels (RGB)
LCD	Colors	maximum of 262,144 colors
2D graphics Engine	BG	4 layers maximum
2D graphics Engine	OBJ	128 objects maximum
3D graphics Engine	Coordinate conversion	maximum of 4M / second
	Polygon drawing capability	maximum of 120K polygon s
	Pixel drawing capability	maximum of 30M pixels/second
Sound	?	16 channels (ADPCM/PCM) Microphone input
Wireless communication	?	IEEE802.11 protocol
Input device	?	Touch screen / panel 'cross', A, B, R, L, Start, Select (X and Y are under examination)
Electric power control	?	Sleep mode (with WakeUp by radio signal possible). Electric power control of the 2D engine, rendering engine, (unknown) engine and LCD possible.

So here we have it, it looks like the DS will get some nice gimmicks, such as a touchscreen and wireless communication. It was also already mentioned by IGN that the ARM7 CPU will be used for GBA-compatibility.

*update* We've received a fully translated version of the factsheet.

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