World's First Physics Processing Unit

Duane writes "Gamers Depot has an exclusive interview with the team behind Ageia - the maker of the world's first Physics Processing Unit (PPU) - which was just announced today. "Sure we've all heard about the CPU and GPU - that's old hat by now and as most hardware reviewers will tell you, it's about time we got something that's truly revolutionary. Yeah, Pixel shaders are cool, and can do a lot of really nice things; however, pale in comparison in scope to what the PhysX chip from Ageia has the potential to bring to gaming.""

Comments

Re:There's a white paper on their web site...

[mrseigen]

Didn't white papers use to be heavy on technical content?

In the eighties, maybe. I haven't seen a proper white paper since the www took off and being a content-free idiot was trendy.

Re:Why?

[SlimSpida]

This thing really belongs in a console. Dedicated hardware is wasted in most PC's.

Re:Alternative to realistic, lifelike gaming

[MyLongNickName]

Oh hush. This is Slashdot. We do not believe in souls. We believe we are all random collections of molecules. And that we have inherent rights granted by.... umm.... granted by.... we just DO dammit!