PS3 graphics for mobile devices in just three years

NewsPosted 11/03/2010 - 1:42pm GMT

Multiprocessors to make it possible.

According to Imagination Technologies, the company behind the PowerVR chip that powers many smartphones including the iPhone, three years from now mobile devices will be able to offer graphics comparable to the PS3.

We're not talking low resolution visuals either, but proper 720p images viewed either on native displays or on a TV output via HDMI.

The big change from what's available now to the expected PS3 equalling graphics three years from now will be the introduction of multiprocessors - Imagination Technologies expects to be able to get three or four processors into a phone without pushing power demands through the roof.

Via Gizmodo

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Karlius @ guyderman

Edit. For some reason I read that incorrectly. Now I woo hoo your darkness and give you a high five Guy. I really hope you are true to your word FPS.

Posted 13:16 on 12 March 2010

guyderman @ fps_d0minat0r

fps_d0minat0r said:
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i can bet my life this wont happen "in just three years"

In that case I really, really hope that it does happen!

Posted 12:59 on 12 March 2010

FantasyMeister

I can see it now:

App Store:

Hokm - FREE
Kerplinkus - 59p
B-Boy Beats - 59p
Blastnation - FREE
James Cameron's Avatar - 599p
iFighter - 59p
Only EA can afford to make this one - 4499p

Posted 12:39 on 12 March 2010

rbevanx@ Karlius

Yeah I forgot about that. I thought UMD was a bunk idea by Sony and I thought they would have used the failed Mini Disks as they had 1GB capacity and would have saved them a little bit of money I think.
Maybe they were easy to copy or something, no idea tbh.
But Yeah SD cards would be the best option to stop that.
I'm still annoyed at myself that I bought one or two UMD films, what a dick move by me lol.

Posted 11:38 on 12 March 2010

Karlius@ rbevanx

This can all be resolved with solid state media these days Rich. Sell the games on 8/16gb SD card equivalents and or downloads and battery life shouldn't be a problem.

Posted 11:25 on 12 March 2010

rbevanx@ Karlius

Well I was impressed with the PSP when it first came out. I think people back then thought "There's no way they can do PS1/PS2 graphics on a handheld device"

I think the main things to worry about are price and how long will the battery last for it.
I also think for a handheld device that the games should be easy to pick up and play like on the DS.
I felt it was too much to have a condensed PS1/PS2 games that require over ten hours for a handheld console.
Most people will be playing on this on a train/plane etc
I think thats why the DS has done so well compared to the PSP.

Posted 11:22 on 12 March 2010

Karlius

Been waiting and stopping myself from writing on this thread for quite some time. As I have a lot to say about it.

In short. This will be possible. True the graphics won't be quite as polished but it will be a good representation. How can I be so sure well it's simple, there are numerous laws of physics and processors that could be applied to prove the theory but I'd rather use a real-life scenario.

The PS2 was released in 2000 and 4 years later we got the PSP. While the PSP isn't quite as good as PS2 it's almost there graphically obviously at a reduced resolution. So there's proof that the processor can shrink.

What are the advantages now? Well the PS2 slim was released in 2004-2005 so the shrunken processor/components were in development throughout the development of the PSP.

When this article was written we already have the PS3 slim meaning areas have already begun to be shrunk and streamlined.

I imagine a new Sony hand held (I say Sony as they are a company that have since the introduction to the market made huge leaps at pushing the graphical capabilities of a generation - PS2 excused for early release) with similar graphics to the PS3 by the year 2012 a whole year less than this article suggests.

It could be announced as early as E3.

Posted 10:19 on 12 March 2010

Neon-Soldier32

This I would LOVE to see. Uncharted 2 graphics on a mobile device. Although, I suppose the term 'mobile device' is very open to opinion as the iPad is supposed to be a 'mobile device'. And an aeroplane is a mobile device, yeah, PS3 graphcis on an aeroplane in 3 years, sounds reasonable. More reasonable that it coming to a mobile phone.

Posted 07:47 on 12 March 2010

elvis

right now many smart phones like the Google nexus have a 1ghz snapdragon processor. That is what is currently earmarked for the apple ipad so this isnt really that big a boast.
Granted the timescale is a bit rich but its not as far out as some people think. The nokian97 can already do video out to a tv that doesnt look too shabby and budget laptops and pcs with ion platorm chipsets dont run much more and they already eat dedicated hdmi output for breakfast.

Posted 23:43 on 11 March 2010