technical PS2 info from GDC - RSX based on NV47

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20060329/3dps3.htm
http://ps3forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=18987
http://forums.e-mpire.com/showthread.php?t=54081
http://www.ga-forum.com/showthread.php?t=92548


- PPE has 128 VMX registers now, and a dot product instruction (I
think).

6 SPEs are available to applications - as speculated/expected by many,
a SPE is reserved by the OS.

For the first time, Sony references the architecture RSX was based on
specifically - the NV47. 24 2D texture lookups simultaneously = 24
pixel pipelines. 384 flops/clock.

Two models for RSX programming:

PSGL - high level
libgcm - low level, to the metal

I'll update as I get more out of Google.
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the important info is the confirmation that PS3's RSX GPU is based on
the NV47 (G70)

 

okay obviously with this, it is for PS3, not PS2. a simple typo.

now I have something very interesting to back up the claim that
Playstation3 GPU is based on a now old Nvidia chip

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/20060329/3dps309.jpg

 

Wow, I thought PS2 had the emotion engine.

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I can only guess at how SAD AirRaid's life must be - his sole motivatation
being to belittle a certain games console, however futile this one man war
will be eventually. PS3 is merely a toy at the end of the day, as is X360 or
Revolution...or any other games console. It'd be like a Sindy doll lover
waging a war on Barbie.....it's fucking ludicrous.

I also see he has been booted off many forums for similar spamming.

http://hardware.mcse.ms/archive55-2005-11-256338.html

As I say, how sad?