Can this be done?

[Urian]

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PowerPC Core+ DS 3D FPU for VS -----(Huge Bus)---- Hollywood+North Bridge
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[Sonic]

What is DS 3D FPU? Is that the FPU in the dual screen? Sorry for my ignorance if DS 3D FPU is obvious.

 

[Urian]

It seems that the NintendoDS has an specialized "FPU" or another thing (I say FPU because I believe that is a FPU) that is Vertex core more programmable than the Flipper and renders until 10 milion pps with T&L.

 

[Sonic]

Do you have more details about this? I don't know much about DS architecture but if it such a processor can be integrated to a console I would like to know much more about it.

 

[Urian]

http://drunkencoders.com/documents/DS/ndslib.htm

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22395

 

[Sonic]

Thanks I'll give it a look over when I have enoguh time!

 

[darkblu]

It seems that the NintendoDS has an specialized "FPU" or another thing (I say FPU because I believe that is a FPU) that is Vertex core more programmable than the Flipper and renders until 10 milion pps with T&L.

urian, where are you getting that info from?
ds' "specialized fpu" is an overdeveloped integer alu (hw square root and stuff), but it's not an fpu at all as it does not even process floats. and the t&l part of ds' pipe seems to be quite fixed too.

check here (link courtesy of vysez)