Abstract:
Recently, a nearly one-minute video appeared online, purportedly showing an ordinary PC starting the PS5 system software and entering its interface. It is currently impossible to judge the specific implementation method based on this video alone, nor can it be concluded that PS5 games can be run on PC.
This demonstration has attracted attention and is also related to the recent progress of console simulation technology. Experimental project Kyty is trying to handle the PS5, and another project, shadPS4, is making progress in running PS4 games. However, the video may show a complete host simulation, or it may be a system call converted and run on a PC. It is currently impossible to distinguish.
From a hardware perspective, PS5 uses AMD Zen 2 processor and RDNA 2 graphics architecture, and the system has technical origins with FreeBSD. Compared with the PS3 using the Cell processor, the hardware composition of the PS5 is closer to that of a common PC. Someone has proposed the idea of using AMD BC-250 board to conduct experiments, but this is still in the discussion stage.
Even if the system menu in the video is indeed launched on the PC, there is still a long debugging process before large games can run stably. The original video, the actual operating environment, and the demonstrator's explanation of the implementation are still the key to judging the technical significance of this demonstration.
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