PureVideo HD, perhaps? Or other Nvidia tech?

[n00body]

____Does it seem reasonable to assume that PureVideo HD might make its way into the PS3 as the means of Blu-ray playback? It would seem like a good approach that takes advantage of the hardware, and simplifies the design. It's already coming standard in Sony's new Vaios, so I'll bet that it's part of their agreement with Nvida. Any thoughts on this?
____Secondly, the vague hints of the two 128-bit busses suggests that Nvidia's TurboCache technology is also going into the RSX. If that's the case, can anyone who's used an Nvidia GPU with this technology comment on the kinds of performance it might afford in this situation?
____Aside from those two, we already know that Nvidia's Cg shading anguage and platform is part of the PS3 as well. However, just how much of their IP will they throw in? Have there been any subtle hints (like the 128-bit busses) that would suggest any other technologies that would benefit the PS3?

Any comments, suggestions, additions, or questions would be most appreciated.

 

[Bobbler]

1) I think it would, honestly, be a waste to leave in those PureVideo transistors when all it does is increase the die size senselessly considering that Cell would be rather excellent at it (and the fact that while watching a movie there isn't much else the PS3 needs to be doing, so even if it was poor at it, it could feasibly handle it alone). Sounds like a rather poor use of budget to spend transistors on something like that when you can just do it entirely in software on a CPU that, even by its detractors, is claimed to be rather excellent at that kind of stuff.

2) I'm not sure if TurboCache is necessarily the same to what PS3 has, but I'd be surprised if a lot of that experience didn't help when working on it.

3) Well the GPU is likely very close to the G71s so it's probably more accurate to ask what what is missing IP/Architecture wise and what is extra that isn't there in the PC GPUs (architecture wise)... otherwise the question doesn't really make much sense.