Playstation 3’s Blu-ray disc player driven by Cell processor
The Playstation 3’s Blu-ray disc player will work entirely through software decoding, thanks to the power of the console’s Cell processor. Sony recently demonstrated the PS3’s Blu-ray playback capabilities at CES 2006, showing some impressively smooth 1080p footage.
Although the software-decoded Blu-ray disc player is driven by the Cell processor, the image processing is driven by the PS3’s powerful RSX “Reality Synthesizer” graphics chip.
At this stage, the Playstation 3 console supports 12-bit HDMI output. However, Sony president Ken Kutaragi hinted that 16 bit HDMI for the Playstation 3 may not be far away, saying that,
“I would like 16 bit [HDMI support] if possible, but at least 12-bit.”
A consortium of seven companies is currently aiming to release a 16-bit HDMI standard before mid-2006, and it may be that Kutaragi-san is planning to incorporate this standard into Sony’s next-generation console.
Source: ITMedia, Impress
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January 10, 2006 @ 7:42 pm
parwiz Said,
i think ps3 is sick it’s better than sh*ty 360 iand i can’t wait to buy mine
January 11, 2006 @ 3:59 am
ShrimpyMcDougal Said,
Ummm… Why are you bashing something no one has brought up? It’s as if you were trying to argue with an invisible person. First off I would lik […] more
January 11, 2006 @ 8:25 pm
Dex Said,
I would prefer if blu-ray was decoded through the player so software resources could be conserved but there is nothing you can do i guess. shrimpy is […] more
January 11, 2006 @ 10:24 pm
ShrimpyMcDougal Said,
Sony almost always misses launch times for U.S. and Europe. What they did with the Playstation 1 and 2 was release them in Japan and say they’ll rele […] more
January 12, 2006 @ 6:37 pm
endri Said,
listen to me , ps3 its meant to be way advanced, by the time ps3 is lounched xbox needs to lounch its third console to compete with ps3’s power. […] more
January 12, 2006 @ 9:20 pm
operation_deadduck Said,
endri you fool, i respect ya devotion to your little ps3 but u should listen to the specs and charts. everybody knows that the 360 has more genral pu […] more
January 15, 2006 @ 5:16 am
joe Said,
lets pray for 12 bit for a quicker mod scene
January 26, 2006 @ 9:02 am
Iheart-M.Jackson Said,
I think that PS3 is going to own. According to the technology that they say it will have, it’s supposedly going to be the most powerful gaming technol […] more