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Sony patents software-based PS2 CPU emulation
Joystiq —
... In Sony's on-again/off-again relationship with PS2 backwards compatibility on the PS3, we've had our hopes raised to the stars and dashed again more times than we imagined possible. Today, Siliconera discovered what appears to be but one more ...
Sony planning PS3 Emotion Engine emulation for retro gaming?
SlashGear —
... Sony have filed a patent for a system whereby the PS3’s Cell Processor could emulate the hardware of a PS2, opening up the older console’s back-catalog. The patent describes how the Cell Processor would emulate the Emotion Engine chipset that was included in the first-generation of PS3 hardware but then removed ...
All Sony PS3’s to get PS2 backwards compatibility
PR News: —
... As reported from Siliconera, Sony are planning to ‘emulate’ the Emotion Engine that is required to play all PS2 games. If they manage to do this, it will mean that they will be able to provide backwards compatibility without actually having the correct hardware to do it. ...
Sony patent shows surefire method of PS2 emulation possible on all PS3 models
CrunchGear —
... was (rightly) considered ludicrous, but the ability to play the entire PS2 library on the system somewhat lessened the blow. But then Sony removed the Emotion Engine chip from the PS3, thus rendering it unable to play PS2 games. (More recent models, like the one found in the Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle, used a just-sorta-okay software emulation method to grant partial PS2 backwards compatibility.) All that may well change if Sony goes ahead and executes the idea found in this recently unearthed patent. ...
Sony patents new Cell-based PS2 emulator
Engadget —
... At first glance, we thought this all sounded a little too familiar: as you know, some PS3s had software-based PS2 emulation way back in 2007. So it was a little bit of a surprise when Siliconera unearthed patent docs dated last December (and only ...
Sony patents PlayStation 2 emulation tech for PlayStation 3
Obsessable News Feed —
Siliconera: http://bit.ly/dJ46Y Sony has patented a technology that allows the PlayStation 3's Cell processor to understand and process code intended for the PlayStation 2's EmotionEngine chip. There's only one reason to develop this tech, and that's to make the PS3 capable of emulating PS2 hardware to play old games. Some earlier models of the PS3 actually had the EmotionEngine chip inside them, but these were phased out to cut costs. This new tech could allow any PS3 to play at least some PS2 games. ...
Remainders - Things We Didn't Post [Remainders]
Gizmodo —
... A recently discovered Sony patent from late last year shows how the Cell processor found in all PS3s can fully emulate the Emotion Engine required to run PS2 games, so no matter what model you have, you'd be able to play any game you owned. But don't dust off your old God of War disc just yet—why would Sony wait this long to get you this particular feature, and to get you jazzed about games that by definition they can't profit from? Our verdict: Ain't gonna happen. [Siliconera via ...
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