Broadway (processor)

Broadway is the codename of the 32-bit central processing unit (CPU) used in Nintendo's Wii home video game console.

According to IBM, the processor consumes 20% less power than its predecessor, the 180 nm Gekko used in the GameCube video game console.

[1] Broadway was produced by IBM at their semiconductor development and manufacturing facility in East Fishkill, New York (now owned by GlobalFoundries).

The bond, assembly, and test operation for the Broadway module was performed at the IBM facility in Bromont, Quebec.

[2] The PowerPC 750CL, released in 2006, is a stock CPU offered by IBM; it is virtually identical to Broadway, but was provided in multiple clock speed variants (ranging from 400 MHz–1000 MHz.