Sony cuts fees for PS3 game developers
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| Monday's move follows last month's price cuts on the PS3 around the world,
| and Sony has said that sales have improved in the U.S., Japan and Europe. The
| 80-gigabyte version PS3 now sells for about $499, down from $599.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071119/ap_on_hi_te/japan_playstation
Some forums have recently been talking about hacks that give Linux access to
the GPU.
Related:
Linux petitioners want Sony to open up PS3's graphical innards
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| Access is blocked by the Hypervisor chip so there is no chance of
| getting around it without Sony's approval. And, naturally, Sony
| doesn't want geeks producing 3D games under Linux and undermining
| its investment. It flogs the console in order to make mountains of
| wonga on the highly-priced games folk play on it.
|
| [...]
|
| So now there's a a petition online asking Sony to open up the RSX.
| It's here.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39112
Sony Studies Commercial PlayStation 3 Supercomputing Grid
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| With an estimated 6 million PlayStation 3s sold, it's little wonder
| that pharmaceutical companies, medical startups, and other businesses
| would be hot to chat with Sony about building a supercomputing grid
| that they could tap into.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20070412/tc_cmp/199000285
Cure@PS3 Performance Update
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| Not even a full day after the release of the Folding@Home
| client for the Playstation 3, the total computing power of
| a mere 6,860 Playstation 3 systems has surpassed that of
| a vast 158,806 Windows computers!
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http://clete2.com/2007/03/23/foldinghome-on-the-playstation-3-status-report/
PS3 Real-time Ray-tracing
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| IBM Interactive Ray-tracer (iRT) using three Sony Playstation3s (PS3)
| to render a model that is 75x more complex then those used in
| today's games.
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http://www.n4g.com/ps3/NewsCom-33982.aspx
PS3 Yellow Dog Linux Install Videos
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| Due to the demand on the PS3 forums I am making some install videos of
| Yellow Dog Linux. Sorry about the slightly shaky footage, since I was
| installing and holding the camera at the same time.
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http://fatpenguinblog.com/?p=798
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