NEC ATi Flipper A GPU

Title: NEC ATi Flipper A GPU
Description: Large, light chip, square chip in center of motherboard
Provenance: Designed by ATi in Markham, Ontario, Canada. Manufactured by NEC in Japan.
Function: The console's primary Graphics Processing Unit. "51 million transistors. It features 4 pixel shaders and 1 vertex shaders, 4 texture mapping units and 4 ROPs."
Country of Origin: Markham, Ontario, Canada
Part Number: 0239KK055
Date Code: D8926F2011
Date Created: Sept 2001
Manufacturer: NEC
Designer: ATi
Sources: Specifications sheet; Wikipedia article on GameCube specs, contains general info on the component
Curator: Ryan Lopez and James Fendley
Is Part Of: GameCube