EE Times Under The Hood - October 8, 2007 - (Page 74) under the hood: COMPUTERS & GAMING www.eetimes.com • www.techonline.com Tiny Nintendo DS Lite drives volume BY DAVID CAREY N intendo is enjoying a renaissance in gaming, so it seemed like a good time to peek into its current offering in portables. While a recent Nintendo teardown by Portelligent tells a fascinating story of higher-end graphics and motion-sensing controllers, the lower-profile handheld game platforms are still a big part of the company’s bottom line, and they’re notable for their engineering. The Nintendo DS Lite is a second-generation offering of the original Nintendo Dual Screen launched in November 2004. The DS Lite, whose staged worldwide rollout began March 2006 in Japan, shaves 20 percent off the weight and 40 percent off the volume of its predecessor’s design but retains the signature twopanel display arrangement for an enhanced gaming experience. While the single-screen Game Boy and Game Boy Advance got the ball rolling for Nintendo, the company saw that more display area—and, specifically, more displays—could distinguish the design and provide for novel use 74 Electronic Engineering Times, TechOnline | October 8, 2007 http://www.eetimes.com http://www.techonline.com
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