Came across a thread on NeoGAF talking about the Wii U architecture and inadvertently found myself reading a detailing of the PS1's architecture (still reading at time of posting this) instead. I'm sure I'll get around to the Wii U's at some point.
But man, this is really good stuff and gives some easy-to-understand detailing of how these older console architectures worked. Seems like almost every system you could want is there, and they are adding more in the future. The articles themselves are very well organized and laid out with good examples and images to help wrap your head around some of the more complex/technical elements being discussed, and some interesting tidbits on computing history (such as what led to CPUs purposefully including Branch Prediction) thrown in for good measure where they make sense.
@VFX_Veteran I know you'll get a kick out of this if you haven't found out about this site already, even if there's nothing PC-centric xD. Hopefully some others among here will be interested to give some of these a read. Even if you already have a generally decent understanding of some of these system's architectures, there are probably several new things in there for you and it's nice to have it all presented in a nice, organized format.
But man, this is really good stuff and gives some easy-to-understand detailing of how these older console architectures worked. Seems like almost every system you could want is there, and they are adding more in the future. The articles themselves are very well organized and laid out with good examples and images to help wrap your head around some of the more complex/technical elements being discussed, and some interesting tidbits on computing history (such as what led to CPUs purposefully including Branch Prediction) thrown in for good measure where they make sense.
@VFX_Veteran I know you'll get a kick out of this if you haven't found out about this site already, even if there's nothing PC-centric xD. Hopefully some others among here will be interested to give some of these a read. Even if you already have a generally decent understanding of some of these system's architectures, there are probably several new things in there for you and it's nice to have it all presented in a nice, organized format.
