[citation][nom]Tomfreak[/nom]I still have no idea why they clock the CPU at such low frequency. This isnt a mobile device, power consumption isnt an issue here. higher power VRM and power components of the motherboard to supply the higher clock CPU + better CPU cooling isnt gonna cost another $50.[/citation]
[citation][nom]tipoo[/nom]Because it's Nintendo, that's why. Slightly higher clocks may not have cost much more, but they want to hit certain price points and they were already taking a small loss on Wii U hardware, and taking a loss on hardware isn't Nintendos style. They got to a level where it can get most ports from the 360/ps3 gen, and that's good enough for them, forget about next gen. Same strategy as the Wii. I do agree though, I'd rather it draw 70 watts or even more for higher clocked parts and better cooling, the difference is like half a lightbulb, switch one off or to a CFL if it's the planet you're worried about.[/citation]
[citation][nom]wanderer11[/nom]Why would anyone care about power consumption on a stationary box? I would rather have a 200W chip if it was going to be more powerful.[/citation]
the japanese market.
they prefer low power
they also prefer smaller form factor due to the living space many have.
[citation][nom]tipoo[/nom]Because it's Nintendo, that's why. Slightly higher clocks may not have cost much more, but they want to hit certain price points and they were already taking a small loss on Wii U hardware, and taking a loss on hardware isn't Nintendos style. They got to a level where it can get most ports from the 360/ps3 gen, and that's good enough for them, forget about next gen. Same strategy as the Wii. I do agree though, I'd rather it draw 70 watts or even more for higher clocked parts and better cooling, the difference is like half a lightbulb, switch one off or to a CFL if it's the planet you're worried about.[/citation]
[citation][nom]wanderer11[/nom]Why would anyone care about power consumption on a stationary box? I would rather have a 200W chip if it was going to be more powerful.[/citation]
the japanese market.
they prefer low power
they also prefer smaller form factor due to the living space many have.
There is actually quite a lot of details here that's not apparent when looking at the available teardown pictures, and those pictures are most certainly not as high resolution as the one I uploaded to Wikipedia. This is a composite image of three of them, and drawn to look a bit realistic, but not overly so. I got in trouble with folks at Wikipedia over another picture of a processor that they thought was just a screen grab of someone else's photo, which would've been verboten :/ The QR code is my signature and goes to my home page, which currently is offline 
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