BrownPaperBag
03-23-2009, 06:14 PM
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090323/tc_pcworld/playxboxgamesonyourcellphone
This article caught my attention today. Apparently several high-end mobile GPUs set to release late this year, early next year will be able to do just this. Here are some specs from it:
Pedersen promises 4x Anti-Aliasing out of Mali -- and up to 16x without taxing the system too much. But give it a few months and expect to see handsets rocking the Mali-200 GPU. This is where it'll get interesting: OpenGL ES 2.0 is completely shader-based, a subset desktop code. Difference is, it removes cluttered code but keeps vertex and pixel shaders. It'll run 16 million triangles/second, 275 million pixels/second. And, yep, it'll be able to run Flash and Java games.
The Mali-400 has the same basic performance, according to Pedersen, but is multicore scalable: From a single-core 100MHz mali-400 scaling up to quad-core at 300MHz. It can even scale to produce 1080p resolutions.
At the Game Developer's Conference coming up, there will be a port of PGR from the original Xbox running on OpenGL ES. Remi Pederson, graphics product manager for ARM says, "Performance-wise, it runs like the original Xbox, but feature-wise it looks like an Xbox 360 title."
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090323/tc_pcworld/playxboxgamesonyourcellphone
How crazy is that? Imagine in just a few years playing a PS3 port or Xbox 360 port on your CELL PHONE. Coupled with an article from jewishmafia's website, http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/3/20/do-you-dream-of-500mbps-internet-connection.aspx, we could soon have trouble differentiating a cell phone from a personal computer. We're getting closer and closer to a compact piece of technology that's able to make calls, plays games, listen to music, browse the web, record media, edit media, and so much more. I can't wait until we're all wearing those eyepieces from DragonBall Z.
This article caught my attention today. Apparently several high-end mobile GPUs set to release late this year, early next year will be able to do just this. Here are some specs from it:
Pedersen promises 4x Anti-Aliasing out of Mali -- and up to 16x without taxing the system too much. But give it a few months and expect to see handsets rocking the Mali-200 GPU. This is where it'll get interesting: OpenGL ES 2.0 is completely shader-based, a subset desktop code. Difference is, it removes cluttered code but keeps vertex and pixel shaders. It'll run 16 million triangles/second, 275 million pixels/second. And, yep, it'll be able to run Flash and Java games.
The Mali-400 has the same basic performance, according to Pedersen, but is multicore scalable: From a single-core 100MHz mali-400 scaling up to quad-core at 300MHz. It can even scale to produce 1080p resolutions.
At the Game Developer's Conference coming up, there will be a port of PGR from the original Xbox running on OpenGL ES. Remi Pederson, graphics product manager for ARM says, "Performance-wise, it runs like the original Xbox, but feature-wise it looks like an Xbox 360 title."
http://tech.yahoo.com/news/pcworld/20090323/tc_pcworld/playxboxgamesonyourcellphone
How crazy is that? Imagine in just a few years playing a PS3 port or Xbox 360 port on your CELL PHONE. Coupled with an article from jewishmafia's website, http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/3/20/do-you-dream-of-500mbps-internet-connection.aspx, we could soon have trouble differentiating a cell phone from a personal computer. We're getting closer and closer to a compact piece of technology that's able to make calls, plays games, listen to music, browse the web, record media, edit media, and so much more. I can't wait until we're all wearing those eyepieces from DragonBall Z.