nVidia and Sony have announced that the next generation Playstation, most likely to be named the Playstation 3, will be using graphics technology built by nVidia. This news follows our recent report on how the console will be powered using IBM's upcoming Cell processor, and shows how Sony are starting to fit together all the components for their already impressive looking system.
nVidia made the graphics subsystems for the Xbox, but lost the contract on the Xbox 2 to ATI, so they will be pleased to have someone in the console arena to be making graphics for. The thought is that the graphics systems to be used will be nVidia's next generation cards, but no detailed technical specification is available as yet on what these may be capable of.
No official release date for the third generation Playstation is available yet, but we expect to see it in early 2006, around the same time as the next generation Xbox. We are already preparing ourselves for the arguments as to which one is better, and until then we will keep you updated on product developments.