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Offline Ginko
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« on: October 07, 2004, 08:18:39 PM »
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October 7, 2004

Dreamcast-On-A-Chip Technology Unveiled

Officials from Japanese semi-conductor manufacturer Renesas Technology have revealed plans to replicate the technologies used in Sega’s Dreamcast console onto a single core microchip. The proposed SH3707 chip will combine both an advanced SuperH core and a PowerVR graphics core – the core components of the original Dreamcast.

The new SH3707 will in fact use a 540 MIPS/2.1 gigaflops engine, with a 64-bit interface to memory, which is actually faster than the Dreamcast. Indeed, the target specification of the platform is a graphical ability roughly twice that of the Dreamcast.

The company claims that the chip was designed with game consoles in mind and the applications for a miniaturized version of the Dreamcast are obvious. "Our goal was to accomplish second-generation (console) performance and first-generation cost," said Mitsuhiro Miyazaki, the project deputy manager for Renesas.

Sega’s involvement in the project at the moment seem unlikely, though, and it appears that Renesas are only using the Dreamcast as a comparison-point in its attempts to interest possible video game manufacturers.
-David Jenkins


Very interesting.  DC technology could certainly compare to what DS and PSP are offering though it\'s really late in the game to counter either one.  What other implementations are possible?
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« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2004, 10:21:06 PM »
Hey man edit your post again and take out the :ghey: word dithcuth.  I want to say something cool but I hate when people make a new thread and end with that word.
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« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2004, 06:14:07 AM »
Has the :ghey:ness level become tolerable?;) lol...
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« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2004, 09:39:04 PM »
ty.  now for my cool point....

I forgot :(

umm.... How can it be portable if DC games are on big gigadiscs?
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« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2004, 09:52:56 PM »
Well, the title I have is misleading...sorry.

The report suggests that Renesas, the company with the technology, is using Dreamcast as a comparison to generate interest since the technology is similar but twice as powerful.

EDIT:  If it is twice as powerful I don\'t think it would be able to enter the market as a portable on it\'s own but would do well added in devices.

Me thinks the portable game arena is about to explode.
« Last Edit: October 09, 2004, 04:31:45 PM by Ginko »
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