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PSP2 may feature PowerVR chipset for graphics
updated 01:00 am EST, Thu November 27, 2008
PSP2 may have PowerVR chip
Sony is allegedly looking to achieve a slice of Apple's gaming pie – praise of the iPod touch and iPhone's graphics hardware have come from industry giants John Carmack and Sega – as it has apparently signed a license agreement for the PowerVR SGX chipset. EE Times writes that an anonymous deal was signed Monday, with little details readily available, which sources say is to outfit the PSP2 with the SGX55x chipset.
Imagination, the company behind the PowerVR chipset, merely submitted that it would broaden its horizons with its graphics hardware with "another high-volume consumer device segment."
A piece of Apple's pie?
11/27, 02:55pm reply
I thought that the PSP already had a huge market lead in the mobile gaming arena. Why would it want a piece of Apple's tiny pie? I could understand if they said they wanted a piece of Nintendo DS's pie. Apple's light gamer devices don't have any super graphics chips in them. I honestly don't think the iPod Touch competes directly with the PSP.
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