Rumor Mill: PS3 Firmware v2.0 to Bring In-Game XMB
It’s been long desired by PS3 users to be able to access the XMB in game. If the rumors are true, the wait may soon be over. According to some users on the official EU PlayStation forums, there’s a lot of cool new stuff coming in v2.0.
"Presently, 64MB of XDR RAM, 32MB of GDDR3 VRAM, and the entire 7th SPU are always reserved for the XMB even during games. Firmware 2.0 will reduce the memory usage to 32MB of XDR and NO GDDR3. XMB will still run on the 7th SPU but the 7th SPU wont be reserved, other things can be run on the SPU besides the XMB…
