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onsdag 27. august 2008

PS3 firmware 2.5 details + rumours of a 512 XDR RAM PS3

Computerandvideogames.com have published the first details on the PS3 firmware 2.5. Apparently there will be some sort of screencapture function (maybe even video? we wish!-H), but for now very little is known about how you use this, what you can do with your screens, etc.
There has been no confirmed date for the 2.5 update.

Furthermore,n4g.comreports that Qimonda, the second larget DRAM company worldwide, has announced that they are mass producing XDR RAM for the Playstation 3. In an article at EDN.com suggestions are made that Qimonda are in fact manufactoring 512MB XDR RAM modules which they showed earlier this year. This of course leads to speculation: Could SONY be planning to release an updated version of the PS3 with 512MB XDR RAM?

The true power is said to lie in the Cell Processor, because it's 8 cores can handle a lot of physics due to it's math intensity, but struggles with memory intensive coding, which challenges developers to completely rework their game structure.

-H

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