NDS is a new generation handheld console used by Nintendo to replace the Game Boy (GB) series. The biggest difference from the current PSP console is that it has two screens and the lower screen is a touch screen. Among them, NDS is produced by Nintendo (Nintendo) Company, and ids is produced by iQue Company.
Table of Contents
NDS - Introduction
NDS - Performance Specifications
CPU
Screen
Jack/Slot
Wireless communication function
Sound
Other functions
Custom settings
Battery/Power Supply
NDS - Specific Parameters
NDS - Thorough Analysis of Hardware Performance High-Performance Embedded Processor
Memory
2D?Graphics?Engine
3D engine with N64 level performance
A sound system that surpasses SFC and is comparable to PS
Convenient wireless connection
p>Perfect operating buttons
Enhanced cassette media
NDS - sales situation
nds fault repair
NDS - a masterpiece
NDS - English abbreviation
NDS - ROM download
Explanation in network service
NDS Chinese investment in China triples
N3DS adds equipment
Time to market
NDS - Introduction
NDS - Function? Specifications ?
CPU?
Screen?
Jack/Slot?
Wireless communication function?
Sound ?
Other functions?
Customized settings?
Battery/power supply
NDS - specific parameters
NDS - Thorough analysis of hardware performance? High-performance embedded processor?
Memory?
2D? Graphics? Engine?
With N64 level A powerful 3D engine?
A sound system that surpasses SFC and is comparable to PS?
Convenient wireless connection?
Perfect operating buttons?
Enhanced cassette media
NDS——Sale status
NDS fault repair
NDS——A masterpiece
NDS—— —English abbreviation
NDS——Explanation in ROM download network service NDS China triples investment in China N3DS?
Add equipment? Time to market Expand
Edit this paragraph NDS - Full name of the introduction: [1] Nintendo? [2] Dual Screen (NDS) On March 11, 2009, Nintendo announced that as of March 6, 2009, NDS global sales exceeded 100 million, surpassing PS2 to become the world's most popular NDS. The fastest console to reach 100 million sales.
Edit this paragraph NDS - Function
Specifications·When folded: 84.7×148.7×28.9mm, weight 275g (including battery, stylus)
CPU ·ARM9CPU and ARM7?CPU have built-in newly developed image engines, which can display more brilliant images.
Screen·Dual-screen design, 3-inch transflective TFT color display LCD, with backlight function, 256×192 pixels, 260,000 colors, the lower screen has a resistive film transparent simulated touch function .
Socket/Slot·DS game slot·GBA game slot? (NDSI?No)·Stereo headphone/microphone socket
Wireless communication function·Radio wave reception distance: 10M-30M (depending on the surrounding environment and the game being played) · Corresponds to 2 methods of IEEE802.11 and Nintendo’s unique communication frequency · Depending on the game settings, multiple players can use one game cartridge to play the game at the same time
Sound·Built-in stereo speakers (virtual surround effect can be achieved according to game settings)
Other functions·Touch screen calibration system·Built-in clock (displays date and time/alarm clock function)·Built-in "Pict?Chat" ”, enabling wireless communication of text or pictures between up to 16 people
Customized settings·User information settings·Start mode switching·Can set GBA games to be displayed on the upper or lower screen·Language used: Japanese, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian?, American
Battery/Power Supply · Comes with DC power supply · Built-in rechargeable lithium battery · Full charging time: 4 hours · Has power-saving functions such as sleep mode · Battery Duration: about 6-10 hours (varies depending on the software used)
Edit this section of NDS - specific parameters
CPU main processor? ARM946E-S? (67MHz )Cache memory? Instruction cache? 8KB, data cache? 4KB. Accessory processor? ARM7TDMI? (33MHz) (Note: Same model as GBA? CPU? but faster) Memory? Main memory? 4MBARM7/ARM9? Maximum memory? 32KB? (16KB×2) ARM7? Dedicated internal working memory? 64KB video memory? 656KB LCD screen? Resolution? Two independent? 256×192? LCD screen color 260,000 colors (R:G:B, 6bit each) 2D drawing ability, background scroll, maximum number of 4-sided animated spliced ??characters, maximum 128 2D drawing ability, coordinate conversion ability Maximum 4 million vertex polygon rendering capabilities per second, maximum 120,000 polygon pixel fill rate per second, maximum 30 million pixels per second sound effect function, 16 channels, PCM/ADPCM (can be set to PSG) Audio source, up to 8 channels) Microphone input function Wireless communication Exclusive specifications designed based on IEEE802.11 (NDS supports up to 16 host connections) Operation method Only one screen has touch function cross Button, A?B? The lower screen of NDSL also has a GBA card slot)
Edit this paragraph NDS - thorough analysis of hardware performance
The high-performance embedded processors ARM946E-S and ARM7TDMI are developed by Advanced The embedded 32BIT RISC CPU developed by RISC Machines is widely used in automotive electronic equipment, mobile phones, hard drives, modems, industrial control, mass storage, network communications, wireless communications and various consumer entertainment electronics. product. It has the advantages of low power consumption, high performance, small size and low price. Very suitable for handheld use. Among them, ARM946E-S is the main CPU with a speed of 1-67MHz. It will be responsible for the main 3D operations and 2D operations.
In order to make its operation faster, NINTENDIO is equipped with a large-capacity cache Instructions Cache (instruction cache) 8KByte, Data Cache (data cache) 4KByte; TCM (tightly coupled memory): Instructions Cache (instruction cache) 32KByte, Data Cache (data cache) 16KByte is already very large for a handheld computer. [Note: There are generally two methods to increase processor speed: one is to increase the clock frequency; the other is to increase The processor's cache, its speed is generally the same as the processor's clock frequency or running at 1/2 speed]. ARM946E-S is a core with a 5-stage pipeline and integrated Thumb extension functions, debugging functions and Harvard bus. Under the same process, it is more than twice the performance of ARM7TDMI. It also has an enhanced DSP instruction set. It can be used for applications that require control and DSP. It is very suitable for the architecture of NDS [Note: Because NDS’s 2D Graphics Engine and 3D?Graphics?Engine is all DSP type]; ARM7TDMI appears as an auxiliary CPU in NDS. It mainly assists ARM946E-S calculations together with 2D?Graphics?Engine?3D?Graphics?Engine to achieve the declared performance indicators and is compatible with GBA? Control I/O and other devices. It comes with 64K off-chip dedicated memory. It is a small, high-performance, low-power integrated 32-bit RISC processor core originally developed for portable communication devices. The speed is 1-33MHz. ARM946E-S and ARM7TDMI are both produced using 0.18um process and share a 32KByte? (16Kbyte?x2) off-chip dedicated memory. In this way, ARM946E-S and ARM7TDMI can effectively exert their performance to be close to the performance of R4000A (it is an N64 processor and is not the same type as PSP's R4000, and the circuit structure is completely different).
Memory is to achieve the same performance as N64 The game has the same picture effect. The NDS integrates 4MB of main memory (the type is not said to be RDRAM). It is worse than the 4.5M of the N64. The textures will definitely shrink compared to the N64. But one problem that everyone has overlooked is that they have ignored it. The existence and role of CPU cache, dedicated memory (64KByte) and shared memory (32KByte), and NINTENDIO also designed a 656KByte VRAM frame cache for its 3D engine, which can fully accommodate N64 standard textures.
2D?Graphics?Engine This time, in order to enhance the performance of NDS, a 2D graphics engine was integrated to assist the processing power of the two CPUs. However, have you noticed that the 2D performance of NDS and GBA have not improved at all? , what is going on? Because 2D also needs to show powerful pictures [Note: it is the 3D background, the 2D representation] This is why 2D is integrated to assist the CPU] This not only improves the 2D elements The exquisiteness does not affect the 3D performance. Moreover, the 2D picture has more colors and a higher resolution.
3D engine with N64-level performance When NINTENDIO announced that the performance of NDS could surpass that of PS and rival N64, many players were thinking that ARM946E-S and ARM7TDMI were inferior to R4000A in terms of number of bits and frequency. NDS Can it really achieve what NINTENDIO claims? The answer is yes. Because NDS integrates a 3D engine that helps the CPU perform geometric operations. It can calculate 4 million vertices per second (this is the amount of calculation when all vertices are connected together) and 120,000 multi-deformations (actually it should be able to perform more, because the vertices of large objects such as 3D backgrounds are connected together) and a fill rate of 30 million pixels, enabling the NDS to achieve 3D performance comparable to the N64.
On the basis of the special effects supported by the N64, it also enables the NDS to have fog (an effect that makes objects have "fog" characteristics. The principle of this special effect is to add white composition and reduce the contrast of light and dark according to the distance. It is related to the volume. The expression methods of real fog such as fog are different.) and cartoon rendering (adding contour lines on the edge of the material and using very few colors to express the color gradient to produce a cartoon effect or not using contour lines, only using color gradients) Realize cartoon rendering (such as The Wind Waker). As a result, a large number of 3D games will appear on the NDS.
The sound system NDS surpasses SFC and is comparable to PS. It has 16 PCM sound sources, far more than 8 of SF*. This allows **S to perfectly express speech and sound effects close to CD quality, making NDS It becomes possible for music games to appear on the Internet.
Convenient wireless connection NDS is equipped with Wi-Fi unlimited connection function, which corresponds to the IEEE802.11 wireless network standard. It can enable 16 players within a range of 10 meters* **Enjoy a cassette and have fun together.
Perfect operation buttons In order to make up for the embarrassing situation of not having enough operation buttons on the GBA, the NDS has added ?X?Y buttons, which makes the game operations on the NDS more diverse. ization and improvement. It can better meet the operating standards of future handheld games, making it possible for new types of games to appear on the NDS.
The enhanced cassette media DS cassette uses the storage technology of Matrix Semiconductor, which allows Nintendo to Faster, cheaper production of cassettes. The cost of each cassette produced by third-party manufacturers is roughly between 6 and 10 US dollars, which greatly reduces the cost and selling price of game manufacturers' cassettes. Not only that, the capacity of the cassette has also been greatly increased to 1Gbit, thus making the game screen more beautiful. More brilliance and longer gaming time are no longer restricted by capacity. Another benefit is that the cartridge can be equipped with a special DSP to enhance the picture effect of the game. Have you forgotten the MD?SFC era? After being equipped with DSP, MD?SFC's 2D The major performance upgrade also enables 3D functions. The NDS can improve its performance to compete with the PSP.
Edit this paragraph NDS - Release Status It was released in North America on November 21, 2004, followed by Japan. It was launched on December 2, 2004, followed by Taiwan in mid-December 2004, and Europe on March 11, 2005. China was launched by local manufacturer Shenyou Technology under the name "iQue? DS (iDS)" and was released on July 23, 2005. The price is RMB 1,518 (including one GBA and NDS game). A new model called NDS? Lite was released in Japan on March 2, 2006. The original old model NDS gradually ceased production and was replaced by NDS? Lite. It was released on June 1, 2006 in Australia, on June 11, 2006 in North America, on June 23, 2006 in Europe, at the end of June 2006 in Taiwan, and on June 29, 2006 in mainland China. Officially released today. At the end of July 2006, Nintendo officially announced that sales of the NDS console in Japan exceeded the 10 million mark, making it the fastest-selling console in the history of Japanese video games. By the end of November 2007, Nintendo DS had sold approximately 65 million units worldwide, including 21.5 million units in Japan, 20.5 million units in the United States, and 23 million units in Europe and other regions. Normally, about 700,000 NDSi are sold in a week. The full name of NDSi is Nintendo? DSi? NDSi, another improved model of Nintendo after NDSL, was launched in Japan on November 1, 2008, with an initial price of 18,900 yen.
NDSi has made the following changes compared to NDSL: 1. A 300,000-pixel camera is added to the lower right corner of the front and a 300,000-pixel camera is added to the microphone; 2. The push-type power switch on NDSL is changed to a push-button type and moved to the left side of the lower screen; 3. The volume adjustment button is changed to a button type and placed on the left side of the host; 4. A new SD card slot is added and placed on the right side of the host, next to the stylus; 5. The original indicator lights are changed from 2 to 3 , moved to the left side of the shaft, which are: wifi switch, charging indicator switch and power switch; 6. Compared with NDSL, the keycaps of the additional keys L and R are shortened to the original 1 /2; 7. There are five levels of adjustable screen brightness, from low to high: minimum brightness, low brightness, medium brightness, high brightness, and maximum brightness. Nintendo: Cumulative global sales of NDS consoles reached 100 million units. Nintendo recently officially released its joint performance summary report for the first three quarters of fiscal year 2008. Cumulative global sales of NDS consoles, which have been on sale for four years, reached 100 million units. Previously, Sony announced that PSP Sales exceeded 50 million units. Obviously, Nintendo dealt Sony another heavy blow! In terms of NDS consoles, 25.62 million units were sold in the first nine months of this fiscal year, including 3.29 million units in Japan, 9.54 million units in the US market, and a total of 12.79 million units in Europe and other regions. Since the launch of the NDS console, global cumulative sales have reached 96.22 million units. In addition, the cumulative sales of the NDSi console, which was launched in the Japanese market on November 1, 2008, as of the end of December, was 1.66 million units. In terms of software, the cumulative global sales of software for NDS in the first three quarters of this fiscal year reached 163.78 million units.
Edit this paragraph: NDS fault repair. Although Nintendo’s consoles are of relatively good quality, as digital products there are bound to be some problems. NDS maintenance mainly involves three aspects: A. NDS Disassembly B. Replacement of NDS accessories C. Solutions to common NDS problems, including NDS not turning on, screen cracked/exploded, screen blur/flickering, touch screen non-functional, card not reading, card reading unstable, sound and speakers produced when plugging in headphones There is no sound, the buttons do not work, cannot connect online, the screen often goes black, and the response speed when playing games is slow and a series of other problems.
Edit this paragraph NDS - the masterpiece NDS, in addition to a series of original Nintendo classic games, such as Pokemon, Mario, Animal Crossing, The Legend of Zelda (2), Castlevania (3) : The Cross of Cang Yue, The Portrait of the Ruins, The Stolen Seal), and the Dragon Quest series (4, 6, 9, Monster Chapter, Monster Chapter 2). ?Dragon Quest series and Final Fantasy series have always been hailed as the two most successful role-playing games in Japanese game history, and the former has always tended to choose to release on the most popular machine models. For several episodes of Dragon Quest They all decided to release it on NDS instead of launching it on next-generation home consoles for new picture breakthroughs as expected. This undoubtedly makes the outside world believe that NDS will dominate the game console market in the future. In addition, NDS has also developed many fun and classic new series of works, such as the brain exercise series, the Brain Calisthenics Academy series, which has caused a worldwide popularity of puzzle and brain activity games, the new concept music rhythm game cheer group series, and the surgical medical series. Games such as the Super Knife series, the cooking practice game Chef Mama series, the popular pet game Nintendo Dogs series, the adventure decryption game Color Code Dual Memory and the Lost in Blue series also make full use of the NDS's capabilities
Edit NDS in this paragraph - the full name of the English abbreviation Nintendo Dual Screen? NDS full name Nintendo Dual Screen Lite? NDSL full name Nintendo Dual Screen I (eye)? NDSI full name Nintendo Dual Screen I? LL (clothes model, same as XL) is abbreviated as ndsi?LL
Edit this paragraph NDS-ROM download, see the last five items of extended reading.
Edit the explanation in this paragraph Network Services Objects in NetWare Directory Services, NetWare Directory Services, NetWare Directory Services, a function introduced by Novell Netware 4.0, can provide access to objects located in a or Access to directories on multiple servers. In NetWare?4. The functionality of NetWare Directory Services (NDS) in x is applicable to X. 500 naming service, in which user accounts and resources in the network are managed in the form of objects. A user object includes name, computer node address, login primitives, and other vital management information about a network user. Resources, such as servers, printers, files, are also represented as objects. These objects have properties that describe who can use and change them. Objects are stored in the NetWare Directory Database (NDB) and are organized in a hierarchical tree structure. A "container object" typically represents a branch or department of an organization. Container objects contain other objects such as user objects, server objects, and printer objects. The organization of the tree is important. Because an object represents a branch or department, administrators can grant a manager or super user different rights to a container object, that is, grant the manager or super user administrative rights to all objects within the container object. NDS in international trade------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------NDS Shipping Company is a shipping company in the Netherlands, its full name is NILE?DUCTH?SERVICE (NDS). The Chinese name is Nile Navigation Company. It is committed to West Africa, with West Africa as its base camp and countries around the world as its market. The main ports of arrival are luanda (Luanda?), lobito (Lobito?), cabinda (Cabinda?), namibe (Namibe?), pointe?noire (Pointe Noire), matadi (Matadi), liberville (Libbyville?), Douala (Douala?) and other ports. NDS Shipping Company has been operating on African routes for more than a quarter of a century, and West Africa is particularly basic. It has accumulated rich experience in local trade culture and customs and will provide the best transportation solutions for shippers and consignees in West Africa.
Edit this paragraph NDS China has tripled its investment in China. NDS, a British digital pay TV technology and solutions provider, announced on Monday that it has appointed three new China vice presidents to strengthen its China senior management team. construction. At the same time, NDS promised to triple its investment in China this year, thereby demonstrating NDS's determination to continue to expand investment in China's digital TV market. NDS Senior Vice President and China Chairman Su Tianle said in a press announcement that China's digital TV technology development will have an impact on the global digital pay TV market. The company has expanded its total number of employees in China to 73 at the beginning of this year and plans to set up R&D centers in more cities, including Beijing and Shanghai. The NDS China R&D and Customer Support Center was officially put into use in Shenzhen in March 2009. Citing third-party research data, Su Tianle said that China's digital TV market is experiencing a blowout growth. More than 66 million digital TV users are enough to make China the world's largest digital TV market. It is expected that by 2014, digital TV users will will reach 198 million. Cable TV revenue will also increase from US$9 billion in 2009 to US$17 billion in 2014.
Edit this paragraph N3DS At the E3 game show around June, Nintendo officially announced a new generation of console N3DS, which has naked-eye 3D effects (only on the screen), and announced many announcements to protect the 3DS. Games such as: Metal Gear Solid, Animal Crossing, Paper Mario, Mario Kart, Zelda, etc. Nintendo also stated that the naked-eye 3D effect of N3DS will not support vertical screen games
Add device The optional D-pad has not been cancelled, but an analog joystick has been added above the D-pad, as well as a Home button. The width of the upper screen is increased (compared to DSi) while the lower screen remains unchanged. Nintendo said there will be an enlarged version.
Time to market At the 2010 Nintendo Autumn Product Conference, Iwata announced that the N3DS will be released on February 26, 2011, priced at 25,000 yen (approximately 2,000 yuan). It will be released in March in Europe and the United States. The release date in mainland China has not been announced. According to convention, it will be around May.