Espresso (processor)

Espresso

An illustration of the Wii U MCM without heat spreader. The smaller chip, lower right, is the "Espresso" CPU made by IBM. The other chips are the "Latte" GPU (large chip, center) from AMD and an EEPROM chip (tiny chip, upper right) from Renesas.
General information
Launched	2012
Discontinued	January 31, 2017
Marketed by	Nintendo
Designed by	IBM, Nintendo IRD, NTD
Common manufacturer	IBM Microelectronics, Renesas
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate	1.243 GHz
Cache
L2 cache	1× 2 MB, 2× 512 KB (on-die)
Last level cache	3
Architecture and classification
Application	Embedded (Wii U)
Technology node	45 nm
Microarchitecture	Not verified by Nintendo
Instruction set	PowerPC 1.1
Instructions	4
Physical specifications
Cores	3
GPU	AMD Radeon-based "Latte"
History
Predecessor	Broadway
Successor	Erista

Espresso is the codename of the 32-bit central processing unit (CPU) used in Nintendo's Wii U video game console. It was designed by IBM, and was produced using a 45 nm silicon-on-insulator process. The Espresso chip resides together with a GPU from AMD on an MCM manufactured by Renesas. It was revealed at E3 2011 in June 2011 and released in November 2012.