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Sony abandons Power Architecture with new PS4
Posted on 21-Feb-2013 2:20:00
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Re: Sony abandons Power Architecture with new PS4
Posted on 21-Feb-2013 2:41:01
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Re: Sony abandons Power Architecture with new PS4
Posted on 21-Feb-2013 8:48:14
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Good news for PC gaming, as with 8 cores in a PS4, programmers will HAVE to get off their lazy single-threaded asses and start using those extra cores.
Can't see that being any easier to write games for than Cell, though. Honestly I can't.
All in all, it brings me back to my usual point: We NEED to have multicore support on Amiga, there is just NO way of getting more performance without it. _________________
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Re: Sony abandons Power Architecture with new PS4
Posted on 21-Feb-2013 8:51:32
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Easy come, easy go. It gave zero benefit to us that they were using the Cell anyway. _________________
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Re: Sony abandons Power Architecture with new PS4
Posted on 21-Feb-2013 12:42:23
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All in all, it brings me back to my usual point: We NEED to have multicore support on Amiga, there is just NO way of getting more performance without it. |
x86 or ARM support is even more badly needed. |
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Re: Sony abandons Power Architecture with new PS4
Posted on 21-Feb-2013 15:48:33
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By the time it was ported, it would be far behind AROS' development on both x86 and ARM. Their only real option is continue with PPC.
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Re: Sony abandons Power Architecture with new PS4
Posted on 21-Feb-2013 16:44:42
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What on earth would be the point of porting to x86 or ARM without also adding multicore support? _________________
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Re: Sony abandons Power Architecture with new PS4
Posted on 21-Feb-2013 17:08:48
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| What on earth would be the point of porting to x86 or ARM without also adding multicore support? |
The opportunity to use readily available commodity priced hardware. |
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Re: Sony abandons Power Architecture with new PS4
Posted on 21-Feb-2013 18:22:40
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Well, no OS4 for PowerMacs, so won't expect any wonders._________________
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