Sony PS3 operating system uses a lot of resources

Posted on Tuesday, April 18 2006 @ 10:01 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

The Inquirer reports the Sony PSP3 will have an operating system running in the background, but this will cost a lot of system resources:

The big idea is that players can switch between playing to other functions. This would include text and video chat.

However, this costs a bomb in terms of resources taking 64Mb of the 256Mb available XDR memory and 32Mb of the 256Mb of available GDDR3 memory.

More info over here.

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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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