AGEIA to Develop Physics Middleware for “PLAYSTATION®3â€￾

[overclocked]

Very interesting

http://ageia.vnewscenter.com/press.jsp?id=1115657068817

 

[-NakedZ-]

Plz no PPU discussion! Just kidding...

- Z

 

[one]

Yes, SEGA's Fifth Phantom Saga for PS3 is developed with Novodex.

 

[London Geezer]

P...P...U...?



*head explodes*

 

[Shifty Geezer]

I guess they have to for cross-platform games. If everyone's using Novodex on XB, to port to PS3 would really need the same physics engine if not to generate headaches (I'd imagine) and all those extra customers would be a for Aegia

 

[Neeyik]

What would a PPU chip be? A clutch of parallel vector units. What is the meat and spuds of the Cell chip? A clutch of parallel vector units. Not surprising to see Ageia producing software for the PS3 really.

 

[overclocked]

Its good to know that devlopers gets more friendly tools to work with so the Cell gets more used in the begining, a positive step in the right direction.

 

[Tacitblue]

And on a platform that by its very architecture might be able to use that technology most effectively.

 

[Qroach]

software SDK. no PPU.

 

[dess]

BTW, I think that it will be software-based on the PS3 means it should not use up more than only a tiny bit of Cell's power. And that means it cannot help too much x86's in even the form of a chip... (So it can probably be a substitute for about one, or perhaps two x86-float-power, but not more, I might think.)