Many of these are open-source software, although the PlayStation 4 is not an open console. īesides the kernel and related components, other components included and worth mentioning are Cairo, jQuery, Lua, Mono, OpenSSL, WebKit, and the Pixman rendering library. It has been suggested that the PlayStation Shader Language is very similar to the HLSL standard in DirectX 12, with just subtle differences that could be eliminated mostly through preprocessor macros. Sony's own PlayStation Shader Language (PSSL) was introduced to the PlayStation 4. This can be a familiar way to work if the developers are used to platforms like Direct3D12.Īnother key area of the game is its programmable pixel shaders.
Most developers start with Gnmx, which wraps around Gnm, and in turn manages the more esoteric GPU details. The PlayStation 4 features two graphics APIs, a low-level API named Gnm and a high-level API named Gnmx. The native operating system of the PlayStation 4 is Orbis OS, which is a fork of FreeBSD version 9.0 which was released on January 12, 2012.
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