ARMs next Mali GPU chip, expected to appear next year, should substantially increase a smartphone's performance, and could actually make mobile devices as good as an Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 in terms of graphics. In order to increase performance and yet maintain low battery usage, ARM has decided to combine the CPU power with a GPU. This means that the phone's processor will be far more powerful offering users an enhanced experience when playing games and using computational photography for example. Although processor power increasing more and more, battery lifespan does not appear to be undergoing the same process. "Battery technology doesnt have that [Moore's Law] sort of growth, ARM said. Shrinking the process node does not solve the problem. Aggressive power management and multiple GPUs are necessary to balance battery consumption and performance, the chipset manufacturer added. And which phone could be the first to be powered by ARMs Mali GPU? Quite possibly, a Samsung device; the company has always been keen to integrate new technologies in its products and turn prototype technology into mass production, ARM suggested. The Samsung Galaxy S II, the star of Samsungs smartphone family is currently powered by ARMs Mali-400MP. ARM is expecting to see its Mali-T604 chip design appearing in devices sometime in 2012. Read more: http://www.itproportal.com/2011/07/...360-playstation-3-arm-suggests/#ixzz1RG4HycoM TRAILER: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A-3_FoJMu0
The title and the text don't really match. What the text says is that mobile devices could match the graphics of the Xbox and PS3. This isn't unfeasible if you consider that the phone runs at a much much lower resolution so for similar level graphics less horsepower is needed and likewise texture memory doesn't need to be as high. Both the Xbox and PS3 have rather old and meager GPUs. The PS3 has the benefit of the SPUs that can be used to process graphical effects. Already stuff like Epic's sword fighting whateveritsnameis looks rather similar to what we're used to seeing on consoles.
I remember saying..."64KB of RAM, you would never use that much." Phones now have more processing power than PC's from not too many years ago. With more platforms going mobile, the gap in performance is shrinking quickly.