PS4 GPU developer already decided? ...and it's not nVidia

11/16/09 WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Sony has chosen the GPU for the next generation PlayStation.

We can officially reveal in this world exclusive that SCEI has officially chosen the Imagination Technologies currently in development PowerVR Series 6 architecture for it's next generation PlayStation console scheduled for 2012 worldwide deployment.

The PlayStation 4 shall use a high end variant of the Series 6 line. Performance, specifications and features are at this time unknown. The Series 6 shall receive an official announcement from IMGTEC sometime in 2010, with initial models targeting the smartphone and netbook sector.

It is believed that Sony has gained exclusive rights to the technology for the console space.

IMGTEC's PowerVR technology uses an advance technique called TBDR which can outperform a competing IMR product from nVidia/ATi by 3-5 fold whilst maintaining equal die size and price point. TBDR was the primary reason the SEGA DreamCast was capable of such astonishing graphical feats as early as 1998.

Interestingly SCEI has also chosen IMGTEC as the graphics provider for their next generation PSP. That particular product shall however be using the Series 5XT.

Mr Zachary Morris

Sourcey

Yep, look like Sony plans to reborn GPU series that after Dreamcast got down went down hill to mobile industry (and they doing quite well, iPhone for example and they have more powerful mobile GPUs in head). Disscus

This is the first nail in the coffin of the PS4. As long as they insist on using non-universal hardware, it'll only fail more.

So long Sony. Maybe you can stick around as a software development company and keep those great IPs coming.

This is the first nail in the coffin of the PS4. As long as they insist on using non-universal hardware, it'll only fail more.

So long Sony. Maybe you can stick around as a software development company and keep those great IPs coming.

ChrisJ2004

Non-universal? what do you mean? Any GPU can be run on both DirectX and OpenGL and work exacly the same way if GPU producer will make drivers for them. As i said 1000x here , DirectX, Direct3D in more detail are not part of GPUs, i don't know why people get this ideas. Besides, iPhone SDK have OpenGL for PowerVr and devlopers doing quite well on it.

2012 is much sooner than I expected. They must be unable to make any money off of the PS3 to the point where launching the next version is a cheaper optionstygiansanity

2012 is much sooner than I expected. They must be unable to make any money off of the PS3 to the point where launching the next version is a cheaper optionstygiansanity

[QUOTE="stygiansanity"]2012 is much sooner than I expected. They must be unable to make any money off of the PS3 to the point where launching the next version is a cheaper optionMetalGearSolidZ

[QUOTE="MetalGearSolidZ"][QUOTE="stygiansanity"]2012 is much sooner than I expected. They must be unable to make any money off of the PS3 to the point where launching the next version is a cheaper optionstygiansanity

[QUOTE="MetalGearSolidZ"][QUOTE="stygiansanity"]2012 is much sooner than I expected. They must be unable to make any money off of the PS3 to the point where launching the next version is a cheaper optionstygiansanity

I'm gonna start saving now just in case, i got over 2 years to save up assuming it will cost $600 and up... still too early to say its gonna fail though.

I'm gonna start saving now just in case, i got over 2 years to save up assuming it will cost $600 and up... still too early to say its gonna fail though.

Prince_Denspion

Call me ignorant, but I honestly did not know there's other GPU makers out there besides nvidia and ATI. :D

Call me ignorant, but I honestly did not know there's other GPU makers out there besides nvidia and ATI. :D

PSdual_wielder

Any hermits want to explain what this means? I'm lost.Cherokee_Jack

This article has been posted at least once a day for the past week.

And does anyone honestly believe IMG-TEC is going to relese a card more powerful than what ATi and nVidia is offering by 2012? I bet it won't even touch a HD6870.

This article has been posted at least once a day for the past week.

And does anyone honestly believe IMG-TEC is going to relese a card more powerful than what ATi and nVidia is offering by 2012? I bet it won't even touch a HD6870.

Blue-Sky

This article has been posted at least once a day for the past week.

And does anyone honestly believe IMG-TEC is going to relese a card more powerful than what ATi and nVidia is offering by 2012?

Blue-Sky

Any hermits want to explain what this means? I'm lost.Cherokee_Jack

[QUOTE="Blue-Sky"]

This article has been posted at least once a day for the past week.

And does anyone honestly believe IMG-TEC is going to relese a card more powerful than what ATi and nVidia is offering by 2012? I bet it won't even touch a HD6870.

RedruM_I

Actually they do. PS3 and 360 were quite powerful systems back in 2005. I believe the PS3 used a variant 7800 GT of their G80 die and the Xenos was ATi's first unified shader model off the R600.

Its just that, PC surpassed them in the following quarter.

I'm more excited for their next generation psp's than anything.

It is believed that Sony has gained exclusive rights to the technology for the console space.

ShadowriverUB

Wonderful idea... have developers learn another piece of technology that is only relevant to one piece of hardware in the entire world.

The next generation will be even more cross platform orientated than the current one; and they want to use none standard GPU tech? Oh this should be funny to watch.

Sounds cool but i hope we dont see the ps4 till after 2013, 2012 seems too early

Sounds cool but i hope we dont see the ps4 till after 2013, 2012 seems too early

finalstar2007

sony knows what they are doing. teh cell is to hard to develop for... yet UC 2 is console graphics king. its more powerfull that than 360..

sony knows what they are doing. teh cell is to hard to develop for... yet UC 2 is console graphics king. its more powerfull that than 360..

sillaris

[QUOTE="sillaris"]

sony knows what they are doing. teh cell is to hard to develop for... yet UC 2 is console graphics king. its more powerfull that than 360..

loco145

And cows said the ps3 would last longer? :P

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

Sounds cool but i hope we dont see the ps4 till after 2013, 2012 seems too early

loco145

lol NO!.. even tho i got my ps3 2007 it still feels like i just got it, 2012 still early

[QUOTE="loco145"]

[QUOTE="sillaris"]

sony knows what they are doing. teh cell is to hard to develop for... yet UC 2 is console graphics king. its more powerfull that than 360..

GiantMuffin

PowerVG was fighting with 3Dfx, before nVidia and ATI came and crashed both of them, 3Dfx died (RIP, they made fundaments of what we have today) and PowerVR after Dreamcast, was been pushed to quite empty mobile market. PowerVR currently rules mobile device GPU market, even probably nVidia got lower market shere here and ATI does not exist, when you see mobile phones specs you see tons of devices with there chip, so im not supprised that PSP2 may have it. But PS4? Thats quite supprice since PowerVR didn't do any big GPU since 10 years.

[QUOTE="GiantMuffin"][QUOTE="loco145"]Unlimited budget.

loco145

[QUOTE="loco145"]

[QUOTE="GiantMuffin"] Pretty sure Gears 2 could've had whatever budget it wanted,sillaris

Sony going with PowerVR wouldn't be the weirdest thing I'd ever heard, but that's a complete no-name sight that doesn't even give a source for their "news". Also that "3-5x faster" nonsense is a load of crap.

[QUOTE="GiantMuffin"][QUOTE="loco145"]Unlimited budget.

loco145

What sucks is backwards compatibility.

Xbox had to pay royalties to nVidia to emulate Xbox games on the 360 since they made the switch to ATi. SONY would have to do the same to preserve BC and even then it would be only certain games.

i think sony would be better off pearing the cellx2 with a ati graphic card in their next console.. just so multiplat can be easier

"a performance increase of 3-5 fold over nvidia and ati"...yet nvidia and ati are the ones with the killer gaming GPUs for PC and console gaming. Sounds like a load of bs. AMD/ATI and Nvidia can match any company in gpu design. This is a fact.

I have a feeling the next XBox is gonna be significantly more powerful than the PS4. I don't have any real basis for feeling this, it's just an intuition. Micro$oft is too bloody rich. I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if they've got some innovative, superior graphics card deal signed up with ATI.

Meh, I'll give the gen a year or two before I decide which console to go for like I usually do. I made the right decision for myself with the PS3 this gen, but maybe next time around I'd wanna get into the Halo side of things. Always good to have variety. I've been on the GOWs, GTs and MGS's for 2 gens now; time for something new.

This is the first nail in the coffin of the PS4. As long as they insist on using non-universal hardware, it'll only fail more.

So long Sony. Maybe you can stick around as a software development company and keep those great IPs coming.

ChrisJ2004

lol