Rumor: PSP2 in Development, as Powerful as First Xbox

**Armoured Hawk** · 7th July 2009

Rumor: PSP2 in Development, as Powerful as First Xbox

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Jul. 7th, 2009 5:38 am

According to a report by Eurogamer's Spanish branch, Sony is hard at work on a true successor to the PlayStation Portable (the PSP Go! is just a refresh of the current PSP).

The publication claims to have obtained info on the graphics processor that will power this next-generation handheld. According to Eurogamer.es, Sony will use a quad-core implementation of Imagination Technologies' POWERVR SGX graphics IP core codenamed "Hydra." Such configuration would give the handheld a performance as high as the first Xbox in terms of graphics capabilities.

Imagination Technologies claims that at 200MHz core frequency, four POWERVR SGX graphics IP cores (SGX543MP4) will deliver 133 million polygons per second and fill rates in excess of 4Gpixels/sec.

Imagination Technologies also highlights the processor's ability to function as both a general purpose processor and as a graphics chip, which leaves the door open for Sony to use it a single processor that works as a CPU and a GPU.

Below is an artistic render of what a PlayStation Portable 2 could look like.

**flumperino** · 7th July 2009

Probably a photoshop, but that looks well fancy. The screen is massiiiiive.

**Chubbs** · 7th July 2009

looks like a media player that you can play games on, a step forward I think

**{{909}}** · 7th July 2009

Originally Posted by flumperino

The screen is massiiiiive.

Originally Posted by Chubbs

looks like a media player that you can play games on, a step forward I think

Exactly what people said about the original PSP!

The design of the next psp will probably all depend on the success of the PSP go, I certainly wouldn't be surprised if its comparable to an xbox.
Sony should have learnt by now that shoving a fast CPU and a big screen on a handheld doesn't guarantee success though.

**funkyg** · 8th July 2009

Originally Posted by {{909}}

Exactly what people said about the original PSP!

The design of the next psp will probably all depend on the success of the PSP go, I certainly wouldn't be surprised if its comparable to an xbox.
Sony should have learnt by now that shoving a fast CPU and a big screen on a handheld doesn't guarantee success though.

Yep, put all that in and the battery will last about ten minutes. It's meant to be portable FFS!