Several UK Studios working with PlayStation3 DEV KITS

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  1. Npl

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    Maybe to make sure the games will run on possible future Hardware with a different number of Cells/SPEs without issues? (PSX2, PS4, PS3-Arcade-Version, Cell-Desktop )
     
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    Doesn't make much sense .

    Something made for a 1/8 should work fine on a 2/8 or a 2/16 or two 2/16s

    As long as they don't lower the number of chips there wont be any problems
     
    #22 jvd, Mar 21, 2005
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    If the devkits are like ours, it's no big deal. Throw stuff at it and it breaks.
     
    #23 Ty, Mar 21, 2005
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    Not really a big deal... Psygnosis got a very early crack at the Playstation hardware and SDK waaaay back in the day... And I'm sure SNsys probably has had pretty good access for while (long before Sir Howard took the helm).

    No, but from a CPU standpoint you're much closer to your compiler target which IMO at this stage is more important (particularly to give the vendor more feedback)...

    It's possible to modify... If you'd seen the band-aid job the first performance analyzers were you'd think likewise... :p
     
    #24 archie4oz, Mar 21, 2005
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    A video game console dev kit without a graphics processor? Well, um, okay... ;)
     
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    devkit has 2 cells ,SPEs compute intersection , PPE shading :)
     
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    Except that SN is no longer owned by Sony as they were in the PS2 era.
     
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    Where does it say 2 CELL processors... show me please. :?
     
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    yeah, I was wondering the same thing :shock:

    version :?:



    very interesting post Npl
     
    #29 Megadrive1988, Mar 22, 2005
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    i read it a few weeks ago, and if devkit hasnt gpu then simulate flexio dataflow with 2 cell, i mean
     
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    JAWS, do you remember wafer picture? 2 cell +unknow chip, maybe unknow chip is a temporary gpu? :)
     
    #31 version, Mar 22, 2005
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    That unknown chip is test logic. This has been verified with IBM.
     
    #32 JF_Aidan_Pryde, Mar 22, 2005
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    cell is a test logic too, celltest:) , but possible you are right
     
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    Will the final version of PS3 have two cell chips? 512Gflops.


    I'm going to bring this up again. PS3 will have a large game selection, brand recognition, and now, the most computing power. No way Xenon can win this time around. Programming difficulty won't be an impediment, as the PS2 has shown. I love Allard's comment on how it's microtransactions that developers want, not high computing performance. Let's face it. But the majority of user won't use the online capability of Xbox2.

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    Which is it? Xenon with two cores or three core?
     
    #34 bbot, Mar 22, 2005
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    Beta testers. :twisted:
     
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    Can't they just hand over some of those prototype Cell workstations, and pass it as dev kit ? Those supposedly have 2 Cell in them :p
     
    #36 V3, Mar 22, 2005
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    Oh you so funny now too.... have fun paying for that thing... lol
     
    #38 persiannight, Mar 22, 2005
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    Can't talk about it, i'm under NDA.
     
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