You know, I've tried to research the truth behind the EE+GS chip being "re-separated" on the PS3 and I can't find enough evidence from the various sites that support that it was. When the Playstation Slim was released, the Emotion Engine and Graphics Synthesizer were combined into one piece of silicon. According to Wikipedia, the PS3 contains that combined chip. I've seen numerous references as to the PS3 having this combo chip. I've also seen numerous references that the 80 gig version had the PS2 hardware removed and backward compatibility was being handled via software. If Sony did, in fact, remove the EE, the GS would have gone with it since it is a single chip.
With that said, I've also seen articles that state that the PS3 uses separate EE and GS chips and the 80 gig version had the EE removed and software emulated it. The GS was still in place. I believe that was a PC Magazine interview.
Until we know the absolute truth behind the EE+GS single/separate chip, we don't know for sure if the 40gig PS3 will be backward compatible or not.
Does anyone have definitive proof of the PS3 60 and 80 gig (software emulation version) hardware?
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Systems I currently own: 360, PS3, Wii, DS Lite (2)
Systems I've owned: PS2, PS1, Dreamcast, Saturn, 3DO, Genesis, Gamecube, N64, SNES, NES, GBA, GB, C64, Amiga, Atari 2600 and 5200, Sega Game Gear, Vectrex, Intellivision, Pong. Yes, Pong.
