flipacholas
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Comment · 5 months ago
It’s been updated many times since then!
Comment · 1 year ago
That was a small fundraiser started to convert all articles into epubs, finished in 2022
Comment · 1 year ago
Please see this: https://github.com/flipacholas/Architecture-of-consoles
> A suggestion from me is to provide sources, and also maybe an epub of this
What do you mean?
Comment · 2 years ago
Ah no worries! From my side I was only trying to explain more about the origins of the article, since I see it often mentioned/speculated in many forums.
By the way, I'm always open to criticism ! (https://github.com/flipacholas/Architecture-of-consoles/issu...)
Comment · 2 years ago
If you check the other articles about the PlayStation [1] and the Nintendo 64 [2], you'll see that the design of a 3D-capable console in the 90s was a significant challenge for every company. Thus, each one proposed a different solution (with different pros and cons), yet all very interesting to analyse and compare. That's the reason this article was written.
Comment · 2 years ago
Whoops indeed. I’ve just added the new info, thanks!
Comment · 3 years ago
Author here! Surprised to see it shared! This article was the first one where I studied how a cryptography-based system worked and how it was subsequently broken, back in late 2019. Lot of things in the website have changed since then.
For this reason I humbly ask, if you find any mistakes, please report them here:
https://github.com/flipacholas/Architecture-of-consoles/issu...
That will make sure I don’t miss them, thanks!
Comment · 4 years ago
Much appreciated
Comment · 4 years ago
Oh, this is actually a bug of the html template, until now I've never realised it was happening. I've just fixed it, thanks.
Comment · 4 years ago
Yeah, it was mainly because the article got too long, so I had no option but to draw the line somewhere. There's still a tiny mention at the footer below the main motherboard image:
> Showing the 'Xenon' revision (the first one), taken from my model from 2005. Xenon motherboards are also famous for being defective by design (they get too hot to play games with!). Remaining GDDR3 chips are found on the back.
Btw, I've replaced the bad links with archived ones. I triggered an archive of that site back in December just in case such great source would disappear, never expected to happen just after releasing the article!
Comment · 4 years ago
No nitpick is too small or too big :) I've just logged your comment on the repo (https://github.com/flipacholas/Architecture-of-consoles/issu...) so I remember to take a look at it after I get back home.