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<b>The Media Engine</b> (<i>or shortly ME</i>) — is a second MIPS based CPU core, that was not directly accessible by licensed developers. Instead, Sony runs code on the ME to facilitate decoding audio and video assets, along with the help of more specialized hardware like the Virtual Mobile Engine and "AVC". | <b>The Media Engine</b> (<i>or shortly ME</i>) — is a second MIPS based CPU core, that was not directly accessible by licensed developers. Instead, Sony runs code on the ME to facilitate decoding audio and video assets, along with the help of more specialized hardware like the Virtual Mobile Engine and "AVC". | ||
The ME runs at the same clock frequency as the main CPU core. It seems to have the same instruction set. | The ME runs at the same clock frequency as the main CPU core. It seems to have the same instruction set. | ||
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They might be used to store and retrieve information from and to the VME. They seem to be only used for video decoding. | They might be used to store and retrieve information from and to the VME. They seem to be only used for video decoding. | ||