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비디오 게임 콘솔의 진화는 매우 흥미로운 이야기 입니다. 기존의 PC는 ‘점증적으로’ 진화하는 경향이 있는 반면, 새로운 세대의 콘솔은 완전히 새로운 방식을 도입하기 때문입니다. 이 시리즈에선 최신 기술 동향 뒤에 감춰진 것들을 볼 수 있습니다. 또, 왜 콘솔 시스템의 성능을 ‘bits’, ‘Hhz’, RAM의 크기로 요약할 수 없는지 알게 될것입니다.
이것은 개발자 매뉴얼이 아니며, 단지 각 시스템이 내부적으로 작동하는 방식을 상세히 소개한 것입니다. 최근 기술은 정말 복잡해졌다는 것을 알아두세요! 그러니 최신 글을 따라가시려고 애쓰신다면, 초기 글부터 정독하시는 게 좋습니다. 끊임없이 개선되는 많은 개념과 정의를 소개할 것입니다.
컴퓨팅에 대한 기본 지식이 있는 것이 좋겠지만, 독자들에게 쉽게 설명하기 위해 정말 애쓰며 글을 작성했습니다. 그러니 읽어보는 걸 두려워하지 마세요! 그래도 이해가 안되신다면, 참고 문헌을 보시는 게 좋을 겁니다.
글을 보시다가 만약 여러분이 오류나 실수를 발견하신다면, 이메일로 알려주세요 아니면 수정 제안 도 괜찮고요.
이제 본론으로 갑시다!
Known as '8-bit' consoles, these machines brought more sophisticated graphics and richer sounds than their predecessors. After all, a big market crash just occurred and newer standards had to be set.
Outstanding GPU features: Scrollable tile maps and larger colour palettes.
DMA, horizontal interrupts, multiple modes... These are some examples of the new concepts that brought the new '16-bit' generation, opening the door to new genres of games.
Notable CPU advancements: Multiplication and division instructions, DMA and dual-processing.
Outstanding GPU features: Affine transformations and horizontal interrupts.
3D gaming has become a need but 'how' is not clear yet. The response? Every company presented their own different vision.
Notable CPU advancements: Pipeline stages and L1 cache.
Outstanding GPU features: Programmable vertex pipelines, Z-buffering and perspective corrections.
Most of the graphics limitations from the previous generation are no more. Portable consoles start to resemble familiar systems.
Notable CPU advancements: Superscalar architectures, SIMD instructions and L2 cache.
Outstanding GPU features: Programmable pixel pipelines and anisotropic filters.
Consoles have evolved into supercomputers and multimedia hubs. These machines are now more capable than just playing games, which is why security is now a critical factor.
Notable CPU advancements: Thread level parallelism and symmetrical multi-core architectures.
Outstanding GPU features: Unified shader model and HDR rendering.
The entertainment market has now been conquered by cheap smartphones and tablets. Social media capabilities become the first priority of every peripheral. It's time for traditional video-game companies to renovate their status quo, and they better do it quick.
There are many consoles I could write about... If you are wondering what's next on my list here it is:
#### Personal computers repackaged as consoles
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