PSGL is a rendering API available additionally to GCM and OpenGL for Sony's PlayStation 3. PSGL is based on OpenGL ES 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).
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
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