Apple may soon own the PowerVR chip

[DaMadFiddler]

As some of you may already know, the GPUs used in Apple's iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch devices are successively more modern versions of the PowerVR we all know and love from our Dreamcasts.

The owner, Imagination Technologies (formerly VideoLogic), is currently in buyout talks with Apple, so that Apple will own the technology outright. Imagination Technologies never manufactured the PowerVR themselves, but instead designed the chips and licensed them to third parties for manufacture. The version in the Dreamcast (a PowerVR Series 2) was built by NEC.

[not just souLLy now]

Maybe we could petition Apple for a Dreamcast 2, if enough of the site users here are loud enough, Apple will have to listen to us. With a guaranteed user base of 12+ people before any marketing is done they'd essentially be refusing free money by not building it. I am not a businessman.

[Juan]

As some of you may already know, the meat used in McDonald's BigMac/QPwCheese/DoubleQPwCheese sandwiches are successively more modern versions of the hamburger we all know and love from our street stands.

The owner, a meat store (formerly a cow), is currently in buyout talks with McDonald's, so that McDonald's will own the flavor outright. Meat stores never manufactured the hamburger themselves, but instead designed the patties and licensed them to third parties for manufacture. The version in the street stand (a hamburger with cheese) was built by foreigners.

[Eviltaco64X]

Maybe we could petition Apple for a Dreamcast 2, if enough of the site users here are loud enough, Apple will have to listen to us. With a guaranteed user base of 12+ people before any marketing is done they'd essentially be refusing free money by not building it. I am not a businessman.

12 people just need to make 500000 petition signatures each and use a different proxy every time - that's already 6 million signatures

THE DREAM IS STILL ASLEEP

[bogglez]

Maybe we could petition Apple for a Dreamcast 2, if enough of the site users here are loud enough, Apple will have to listen to us. With a guaranteed user base of 12+ people before any marketing is done they'd essentially be refusing free money by not building it. I am not a businessman.

With mobile being so popular and the hardware getting faster, we can be thankful for any home gaming consoles we still get.

[|darc|]

i hurd from my buddy ronnie at skool today that apple will be putting compatibul sh4 and pvr chips in there new appletv so sega can release abluetooth gd-rom that enables dreemcast game playback mode. da maple bus is in module 2 so u can hook up ur controllers to it. DA DREAM IS STILL ALIVE.

[DaMadFiddler]

If the AppleTV is the Dreamcast 2, does that make the iPhone the VMU 2?

[PH3NOM]

Wow, at first I didnt pay much attention to this but now I realize how huge this could be for the future of the industry.

I have been doing research on Voxel Ray Tracing recently and I was reading an old article here
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/voxel-ray ... 710-4.html

After reading the article, I noticed a "related article"
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/imaginati ... 52128.html

They claim the Imagination PowerVR Wizard, a 10 watt passively cooled GPU, performs Ray Tracing 5x faster than an Nvidia GTX 980ti.

https://imgtec.com/powervr/ray-tracing/

I imagine the day is near when we no longer use pre-computed reflection maps, but actually compute reflections real time.
For example in Battlefield 4, i remember indoor rooms with no windows having reflective surfaces that are reflecting outside buildings