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RTL (GS rasterizer, EE core stub, platform bridge, LPDDR4B path), sim regression (272 TBs), docs, and tooling. Copyrighted PS2 content (BIOS, game code, GS dumps, and all dump-derived textures/traces) is excluded via .gitignore and stays local. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Source Log — Supplemental Pass
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Research pass date: 2026-04-16
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Pass author: Claude (second research pass, after Codex)
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This log covers sources introduced by the supplemental pass. It does not
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re-list sources from `../source_log.md`; see that file for the Codex pass.
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## Official Sony manuals
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- `GS User's Manual v6.0` — Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
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URL: https://usermanual.wiki/Pdf/GSUsersManual.1012076781/html
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Notes: primary register reference for the Graphics Synthesizer. Authoritative
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for `0x12000000` privileged block and GS packet-form registers. Confidential
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in origin.
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- `VU User's Manual (Emotion Engine Vector Operation Unit Guide)` — Sony.
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URL: https://studylib.net/doc/25815876/vuusersmanual.158394566
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Notes: primary reference for VU0/VU1 pipeline, register files, memories,
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micro/macro modes, and VIF coupling. Confidential in origin.
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## FPGA prior art (adjacent consoles)
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- `MiSTer-devel/PSX_MiSTer` — Robert Peip (FPGAzumSpass)
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URL: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/PSX_MiSTer
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Notes: closest real-world methodology template. Methodology = cycle-accurate
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software emulator first, RTL second, with emulator as golden model.
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- `PS-FPGA/ps-fpga`
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URL: https://github.com/PS-FPGA/ps-fpga
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Notes: alternate PSX FPGA project. Useful for comparing module decomposition.
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- `pgate1/PlayStation_on_FPGA`
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URL: https://github.com/pgate1/PlayStation_on_FPGA
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Notes: smaller-scale PSX FPGA. Reference for minimal scaffold shape.
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## Architecture studies
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- Rodrigo Copetti — "PlayStation 2 Architecture: A Practical Analysis"
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URL: https://www.copetti.org/writings/consoles/playstation-2/
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Notes: high-level pedagogical writeup. Onboarding reading, not a spec.
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- `psdevwiki` PS2 section
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URL: https://www.psdevwiki.com/ps2/
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Notes: community-maintained counterpart to `ps2tek`. Strong on IOP modules,
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SPU2, peripheral protocols, and hardware revisions.
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- VPU Thesis — "A Study on the Feasibility of ... VU [on FPGA]"
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URL: https://gamehacking.org/faqs/VPUThesis.pdf
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Notes: academic FPGA-feasibility study specifically on the VU. Directly
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relevant to Codex workstream 4.
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- Wikipedia — PS2 / Emotion Engine
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URLs:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2_technical_specifications
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotion_Engine
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Notes: orientation only.
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## Community consensus threads
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- MiSTer Forum — `Advanced cores for MiSTer future FPGA hardware`
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URL: https://misterfpga.org/viewtopic.php?t=4884
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- MiSTer Forum — `What Do You Think Will Happen Once MiSTer Reaches Its Limits?`
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URL: https://misterfpga.org/viewtopic.php?t=2512
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- Time Extension — `MiSTer Pi and next-generation FPGA gaming`
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URL: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/03/the-next-generation-of-fpga-gaming-could-be-just-around-the-corner-thanks-to-mister-pi
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Notes: capture the current community baseline. No public PS2 FPGA core
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exists; consensus view places PS2 beyond current MiSTer-class fabric; only
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active public effort is a hybrid PCIe-FPGA + host-CPU arrangement.
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## Search deltas vs Codex pass
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Sources Codex covered and this pass does not re-log:
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- `ps2tek`, DobieStation `From Bits to Pixels` wiki, `ps2dev`, `ps2sdk`,
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`gsKit`, `PCSX2`, `DobieStation`, `Play-`, `pcsx2/Memory.cpp`.
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Sources this pass added that were absent from the Codex log:
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- Sony GS User's Manual.
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- Sony VU User's Manual.
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- PSX_MiSTer, PS-FPGA, PlayStation_on_FPGA (adjacent-console FPGA prior art).
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- Copetti architecture writeup.
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- `psdevwiki` PS2 section.
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- VPU thesis.
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- MiSTer community consensus threads on PS2 feasibility.
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