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In article <TwNT+VAWzr32EwJ0@auia.demon.co.uk>,
  Joat Mon <joatmon@auia.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> >I notice they say that "The core of the I/O processor is the CPU of the
> >current Playstation", so i guess its a R3000 based core ?
> >
> >Still, what do they mean by the term I/O processor, in this context ?
> >Surely, it means that this processor also has to be used as the main
> >processor for using older games ?
> They'll almost certainly emulate the PSX1 in software (if a 133Mhz PC
> can do it, then why not this behemoth).  They won't make the hardware
> backwards compatible, esp. if this thing can churn out 75 million
> triangles, because of the PSX design.


"In a press conference held today via conference call, Sony VP of Third Party
Relations and Research & Development, Phil Harrison and Executive VP and COO
Kaz Hirai confirmed that the machine's I/O processor uses the same core as the
PlayStation. While that core will play all first generation PlayStation games,
it will not draw upon the machine's powerful graphics processor to do anything
more than rasterize the images produced by the old system. In other words, the
system will not add anti-aliasing, better fill rates, more impressive effects,
or anything else to the first generation PlayStation games."
<http://www.next-generation.com/jsmid/news/5975.html>


Richard



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