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The '''Wii''' is a home console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006 (North America). It was mainly developed by [[BroadOn]], [[ATI|ATi]], [[NEC]], IBM, [[Nintendo European Research and Development|IRD]] and [[NCL]].
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==Hardware==
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*IBM "[[Broadway]]" CPU (PowerPC 750-based) running at 729Mhz (in Wii mode) or 486Mhz (in GameCube compatibility mode)
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*Nintendo/ATI/[[BroadOn]]/NEC "[[Hollywood]]" ASIC running at 243Mhz (in Wii mode) or 162Mhz (in GameCube compatibility mode)
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*512MB NAND
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*64MB (128MB on [[NDEV]]/[[RVT-H]]) GDDR3 RAM
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==Broadway==
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===Revisions===
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'''Prototype'''
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*[[DD1.0]]
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*[[DD1.01]]
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*[[DD1.2]]
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*[[DD1.3]]
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'''Production'''
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*[[DD2.0]]
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==Hollywood==
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===Revisions (ASIC)===
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'''Prototype'''
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* ES1.0
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* ES1.1
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* ES1.2
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* ES2.0
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'''Production'''
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* ES2.1
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*[[Bollywood]]
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==Software==
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The Wii runs [[IOP-OS]], a custom microkernel OS developed by [[BroadOn]]. This OS runs on the [[IOP]] (an ARM9 core inside the Hollywood package) while game software runs on the Broadway. The Broadway does not run an OS, but an [[RVL_SDK]] "Revolution OS" library is used to provide some basic services to applications.
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The Wii was also shipped with some user-facing Broadway applications providing additional functionality to the system, including the Wii System Menu and the Wii Channels.
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Since each piece of software (including individual Channels, IOS and the Wii System Menu) is packaged as a discrete [[WAD]] file, an OS update includes a WAD for each updated component.
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The official OS update versioning system correlates to System Menu updates; some updates of individual components were distributed which do not update the version number.
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===OS Update Revisions===
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'''Prototype'''
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*[[Wii System Menu unknown build 1]]
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*[[Wii System Menu unknown build 2]]
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*[[Wii System Menu RC1.1]]
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'''Production'''
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*[[Wii System Menu 1.0]]
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*[[Wii System Menu 2.0]]
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*[[Wii System Menu 2.1]]
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*[[Wii System Menu 2.2]]
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*[[Wii System Menu 3.0]]
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*[[Wii System Menu 3.1]]
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*[[Wii System Menu 3.3]]
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*[[Wii System Menu 3.4]]
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*[[Wii System Menu 3.5]]
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*[[Wii System Menu 4.0]]
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*[[Wii System Menu 4.1]]
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*[[Wii System Menu 4.2]]
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*[[Wii System Menu 4.3]]
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On development units, a development menu is installed in place of the Wii System Menu by default. Some early units also used a [[Wii Startup Disc]] launcher program in place of the Wii System Menu.