PSGL

PSGL is a rendering API available additionally to GCM and OpenGL for Sony's PlayStation 3. PSGL is based on OpenGL ES[1] and Nvidia's CG. A previous version of PSGL was available for the PlayStation 2 but was largely unused.

PSGL was meant to be a foundation for the future, beyond the PlayStation 3, but for the PlayStation 4 Sony introduced GNM and GNMX and also their custom shading language, PlayStation Shader Language (PSSL).[2]

Features
  • Programmable shading with Cg
  • OpenGL ES 1.1 extensions (VBO, FBO, PBO, Cubemap)
  • texture extensions (FP, DXT, 3D, NPO2, Aniso, Depth, Vertex Textures)
  • primitive/rendering extensions (Instancing, Primitive Restart, Queries, Conditional Rendering)
  • synchronization extensions (Fences, Events)
  • SCE performance extensions (TextureReference, AttribSet)

See also
  • Mantle API – low-level API for PC gaming
  • GNM – low-level API on the PlayStation 4
  • OpenGL – high-level API for CAD and gaming
  • GNMX – high-level API on the PlayStation 4

References
  1. Weiblen, Mike (2006). "PSGL". Khronos. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
  2. Leadbetter, Richard (March 28, 2013). "Inside PlayStation 4". Eurogamer. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
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