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Playstation Vita Architecture (Part 1)
An in-depth analysis that explains how this console works internally
This tiny block houses multiple CPUs, GPUs and ~640 MB of RAM… how far we’ve come!Now, while Kermit is considered a System-On-Chip(SoC), it exceptionally manages to combine large amounts of memory and processors within the same package. Notice that these devices also coincide with a certain time when users considerably changed their attitude towards smartphones: these were initially trusted for trivial tasks such as text messages and e-mail, but now they were starting to provide access to bank accounts, with only a few years behind bringing contactless payments. Considering ancestral processors like the SH-4 delivered SIMD operations by simply extending its FPU, one can only wonder why ARM ended up producing two distinct ISAs.
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