PSP to use S3 Graphics’ S3TC texture compression
Sony has licensed S3 Graphics’ S3TC texture compression algorithm for use in the PSP. Dr Gerry Liu, CFO and VP of marketing at S3 Graphics describing what benefits it would bring to a handheld system said “High quality texture compression is a key technology for portable platforms where memory size and battery life are critical. S3TC continues to be the industry standard for texture compression” - Read
