[KLUG Hardware] Re: Ahh Cyrix, I remember him well... -- Intel(R) or Intel x86?Ack, my ignorance!

[Wesley Leonard]

Actually, they did fit it all on one chip:

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/06/1337250&mode=nested&tid=127

I've been very happy with my PS2.  It plays DVDs well and the games are pretty
fun (when I have time).  I never had an original Playstation but I was happy to
have that library of games available to me.

If I ever have 200 bucks to throw around I'll pick up a PS2 Linux kit and do a
KLUG presentation...

l8er

"Bryan J. Smith" wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 2002-06-05 at 15:12, Stephane I. Matis wrote:
> > Nowadays, the PS2 is 3 chips-in-one and making profit for Sony per unit.
> > Microsoft cannot compete against that for long.
> 
> The Sony Playstation 2 is a testament to the power of a decade old
> architecture.  They took their proven, customized MIPS 64-bit R4000
> design from the PS1, added 128-bit SIMD opcodes and registers and made
> one heck of a powerful chip that only runs at about 200-some-odd MHz.
> Then they paired it with a graphics processor that I also think is MIPS
> R4000-core based.  And even though it was backward compatible with the
> PS1, they figured it cost them only a buck to add the old PS1 processor,
> it was worth it to guarantee 100% compatibility.
> 
> It wouldn't surprise me if they were able to fit it all on one chip now
> thanx to 0.15um and similar feature sizes.
> 
> -- Bryan
> 
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> Constitutional worry, if it dictated its policy to Microsoft as
> THE MAJOR CUSTOMER it is, and not THE REGULATOR it fails to be.
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Wesley Leonard

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