New 40 GB PS3 Info (be prepared for moans and groans, it'll be painful)

[davygee]

Darc Requiem said:
The only way the 40GB will have backward compatibility is if Sony has managed to be able to accurately emulate both the EE and the GS. They left the GS on the 80GB PS3's for a season. Why? Because it would be difficult to emulate. Part of the reason is because the GS' embedded RAM has an incredibly fast bandwith, even by today's standards. The Graphic Synthesizer has 48GB/s of bandwith the RSX only has 22.4GB/s of bandwith. While definitely possible, a software solution will be difficult to implement because of this fact.

Going on reports though.  The EE and GS were added to the motherboard of the PS3 at the last minute before launch because they didn't have a solution for backward compatibility at the time they wanted to launch.  The European model was delayed 3 months and by then, they didn't need the EE and only required the GS.  There have been reports that Sony has been trying to get the PS2 Emulation embedded into the RSX chip as well.  Also, I understand that the GS does have hugely fast embedded RAM and may even be faster than the PS3's, but I'm pretty positive that the PS2 can be totally emulated using the entire power of the PS3 utilising the CELL and RSX.

Although we don't have a definite answer whether the new model will not be backwards compatible...also the new model could be incorporating the new 65nm chipset although it's very doubtful.