supaSuit@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 day agoPS5 jailbreak proves the console could've been backwards compatible with PS2 discs all alongwww.gamesradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1148arrow-down10
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minus-squareSSUPII@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·13 hours agoPS2 has a custom MIPS-based RISC CPU PS3 is PowerPC PS4/PS5 are x86_64
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·13 hours agoPS3 is not really PowerPC. The cell processor has a PowerPC core, but its a different enough custom processor that it needs its own custom coding and tooling to use it to its fullest.
minus-squareSSUPII@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 hours agoBut actually, why were the home consoles of that generations all PowerPC-based
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 hours agoI think it was mostly because IBM would contract make chips for them using their own designs and Intel / AMD wouldn’t.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours agoOh interesting, didnt know that
PS2 has a custom MIPS-based RISC CPU
PS3 is PowerPC
PS4/PS5 are x86_64
PS3 is not really PowerPC. The cell processor has a PowerPC core, but its a different enough custom processor that it needs its own custom coding and tooling to use it to its fullest.
But actually, why were the home consoles of that generations all PowerPC-based
I think it was mostly because IBM would contract make chips for them using their own designs and Intel / AMD wouldn’t.
Oh interesting, didnt know that