The AGB has a CGB chipset!

It's in the specs that were released a while back

as for power usage, consider that only one chipset will be enabled at a time
& the major power usage would be by the LCD anyway

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AGB is a portable game device that maintains backwards compatibility with
Game Boy Color (CGB) and provides higher performance.

AGB's 2.9-inch-wide reflective TFT color LCD and 32-bit RISC CPU enable
production of games that match or surpass the Super Nintendo Entertainment
System (Super NES) in performance.

System Features

AGB CPU
32-bit RISC CPU/16.78 MHz

Downward Compatibility with CGB
Integral 8-bit CISC CPU for compatibility
(However, it cannot operate at the same time as the AGB CPU.)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: anarko@... [mailto:anarko@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 12:12 AM
> To: gbadev@egroups.com
> Subject: RE: [gbadev] test / hello
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> >Hmmm yeah I could figure that out myself ;)
> >But does it support two cartridge sizes or something?
> >Or does it use the CGB chipset to load cartridge data ? ;)
> >I thought GBC was emulated...
> >what about power usage if not?
>
> i have no facts, but i would guess that the gbc support is emulated,
> since, as you pointed out it will take less power then having
> a complete
> gbc chipset in the handheld aswell.
>
> of what i heard, initial cartridge sizes for GBA will be
> 256mbit (!!) that
> is 32mbytes to play with, cartridge size of 512 mbit will
> also exist. since
> the memory map is 32bit wide, mapping wouldnt be any problems
>
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