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pjp
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 Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2002 11:28 pm Post subject: PS3 processer and linux |
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I've never been a playstation fan, but this is interesting: | Quote: | Playstation 3 CPU Almost Finished?
Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday August 06, @01:03PM
from the more-polys-means-more-grand-theft-auto dept.
dnxthx writes "According to this ZDNet article the design of the Playstation 3 chip is nearly complete. The PS3 chip will have near "supercomputer capabilities" --- including 1 TFLOP. Reportedly, this chip is being engineered with Linux in mind." |
From Slashdot.
I thought the part about the chip being engineered with Linux in mind was interesting.
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BonezTheGoon
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Yeah I saw a little snip (called "The Cell") over at littlewhitedog that says this thing is supposed to ROCK. I don't own any gaming consoles, but if these specs are right I might just consider this baby a workstation class computer!
Only time will tell, eh?
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delta407
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| Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2002 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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| BonezTheGoon wrote: | | Only time will tell, eh? |
Amen to that. I remember one of my friends telling me (a few years ago) how the PlayStation 2 was able to create movie-quality CGI in realtime. Of course, I told him off, and was later proven right shortly after the release of the PS2 what with all the sharp polygonal edges, less-than-great texturing, less-than-great lighting, etc. (Compared to both movies and my computer, that is.) He promptly shut up, but now he's touting the PS3. 
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pjp
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Considering the hardware used to render movie quality animation, not even Sony could afford to slap such a processor into a 'gaming' system.
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abhishek
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| kanuslupus wrote: | | Considering the hardware used to render movie quality animation, not even Sony could afford to slap such a processor into a 'gaming' system. |
Espically considering that most times they loose money selling the consoles. |
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