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Here's something I found on Dailyradar.com
According to The Register, the developer of the PlayStation3 graphics chip mapped out the system's internals at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference.
The Register reports that the designer of the Graphics Synthesiser (GS), Simplex Solutions, unveiled a .18 micron chip almost twice the physical size of the .25 micron PlayStation2 version.
The PlayStation3 GS will feature 256MB of on-die DRAM, compared to the PS2's 32MB of embedded memory. "GS 3" will be capable of handling 75 million polygons per second with a fill rate of 1.2-2.6 billion pixels per second. Its 2KB internal bus provides a bandwidth of 48GBps.
Simplex Solutions VP Aurangzeb Khan said that yields of the the new GS were meeting Sony's expectations, but he would not say whether the GS 3 would be used in a successor to the PlayStation2. The second version of the PlayStation2's Emotion Engine is due to appear next year.
What's this all about?! Next Year!!? Are they Joking??!
According to The Register, the developer of the PlayStation3 graphics chip mapped out the system's internals at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference.
The Register reports that the designer of the Graphics Synthesiser (GS), Simplex Solutions, unveiled a .18 micron chip almost twice the physical size of the .25 micron PlayStation2 version.
The PlayStation3 GS will feature 256MB of on-die DRAM, compared to the PS2's 32MB of embedded memory. "GS 3" will be capable of handling 75 million polygons per second with a fill rate of 1.2-2.6 billion pixels per second. Its 2KB internal bus provides a bandwidth of 48GBps.
Simplex Solutions VP Aurangzeb Khan said that yields of the the new GS were meeting Sony's expectations, but he would not say whether the GS 3 would be used in a successor to the PlayStation2. The second version of the PlayStation2's Emotion Engine is due to appear next year.
What's this all about?! Next Year!!? Are they Joking??!
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saesee wrote:
> I think I've cracked it. (or you already did and I didn't look at
> your last posts :P)
The PS3 is an ADD-ON to the PS2. If you have
> a PS2, have you actually looked at the massive expantion bay at the
> back? That must be good for something... perhaps a nice big
> technical upgrade named the PS3?
Would be cool, wouldn't it?
IT is for the broadband modem
> I think I've cracked it. (or you already did and I didn't look at
> your last posts :P)
The PS3 is an ADD-ON to the PS2. If you have
> a PS2, have you actually looked at the massive expantion bay at the
> back? That must be good for something... perhaps a nice big
> technical upgrade named the PS3?
Would be cool, wouldn't it?
IT is for the broadband modem
Yet loads of you moaned about the N64 because some games would only work with the upgrade! It's going to be the same thing with the PS3, if what you say is true!
I don't particularly care I had to buy Donkey Kong so I could upgrade my N64 for free, so why was it such a major point that came up in arguements ages ago?
Sorry everyone who didn't say the above, but a load of you did.
I don't particularly care I had to buy Donkey Kong so I could upgrade my N64 for free, so why was it such a major point that came up in arguements ages ago?
Sorry everyone who didn't say the above, but a load of you did.
I think I've cracked it. (or you already did and I didn't look at your last posts :P)
The PS3 is an ADD-ON to the PS2. If you have a PS2, have you actually looked at the massive expantion bay at the back? That must be good for something... perhaps a nice big technical upgrade named the PS3?
Would be cool, wouldn't it?
The PS3 is an ADD-ON to the PS2. If you have a PS2, have you actually looked at the massive expantion bay at the back? That must be good for something... perhaps a nice big technical upgrade named the PS3?
Would be cool, wouldn't it?
Not sure, but I certainly won't get my proverbial knickers in a twist until there's an official announcement.
So are you expected to have to buy this 2nd version of the Emotion Engine?
How long until you need to have it to play the latest games?
It's kind of like the N64 expansion pak, I guess. They released it, but it was at least a year before there were any games that wouldn't run without it, and there are still only a couple.
But the Emotion Engine is more than just an expansion pak though, isn't it?
How long until you need to have it to play the latest games?
It's kind of like the N64 expansion pak, I guess. They released it, but it was at least a year before there were any games that wouldn't run without it, and there are still only a couple.
But the Emotion Engine is more than just an expansion pak though, isn't it?
There's also a lot more about this on The Register website (links available at the URL's already posted).
Very interesting stuff.
Very interesting stuff.
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