PS3 + Mt. Evans

Here's what I recently read at another forum:

Originally Posted by renegadeviking:
Sony are clever! They're going to release the open source equivalent of DirectX 10, Mt. Evans, onto PS3 this November. This upgraded GFX accelerator will make PS3 games look more detailed than Open GL ES will give it. The games that need it will simply install the new firmware onto PS3. It'll be in Firmware 3.0! It'll take until late 2008 when Mt. Evans accelerated games will appear.

Mt. Evans is an extension of "Longs Peak"

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Very clever indeed. I hope this strategy works. Being Open Source is a very smart move by them as it will surely get more than just the commercial developers interested.
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