<s>
RPCS3	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
video	O
game	O
console	O
emulator	O
and	O
debugger	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Sony	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
that	O
runs	O
on	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
macOS	B-Application
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
allowing	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
games	O
and	O
software	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
and	O
debugged	O
on	O
a	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
being	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
C++	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
targeting	O
x86-64	B-Device
CPUs	B-General_Concept
and	O
features	O
OpenGL	B-Application
and	O
Vulkan	B-Application
as	O
its	O
backend	O
renderers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
December	O
26	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
emulator	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
run	O
all	O
commercially-released	O
PS3	B-Operating_System
games	O
,	O
at	O
least	O
to	O
some	O
extent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
general	O
idea	O
that	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
's	O
Cell	B-General_Concept
architecture	B-General_Concept
would	O
prevent	O
it	O
from	O
being	O
emulated	O
,	O
RPCS3	B-Language
released	O
on	O
May	O
23	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
by	O
programmers	O
DH	O
and	O
Hykem	O
as	O
a	O
working	O
emulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
initially	O
hosted	O
the	O
project	O
on	O
Google	B-Protocol
Code	I-Protocol
and	O
eventually	O
moved	O
it	O
to	O
GitHub	B-Application
on	O
August	O
27	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
emulator	O
was	O
first	O
able	O
to	O
successfully	O
run	O
simple	O
homebrew	B-Application
projects	O
in	O
September	O
2011	O
and	O
got	O
its	O
first	O
public	O
release	O
in	O
June	O
2012	O
as	O
v0.0.0.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
9	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
RPCS3	B-Language
received	O
its	O
first	O
implementation	O
of	O
a	O
PPE	B-General_Concept
thread	B-Operating_System
scheduler	O
,	O
enhancing	O
its	O
emulation	O
of	O
the	O
many-core	O
Cell	B-General_Concept
microprocessor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
16	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
RPCS3	B-Language
gained	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
install	O
official	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
firmware	B-Application
directly	O
to	O
its	O
core	O
file	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Vulkan	B-Application
graphics	I-Application
API	I-Application
had	O
shown	O
some	O
performance	O
improvements	O
approaching	O
400%	O
,	O
pushing	O
several	O
games	O
into	O
"	O
playable	O
"	O
status	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
RPCS3	B-Language
implemented	O
save	O
states	O
into	O
the	O
emulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
August	O
18	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
emulator	O
requires	O
a	O
64-bit	O
version	O
of	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
or	O
later	O
,	O
a	O
modern	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	O
,	O
macOS	O
11.6	O
or	O
later	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
modern	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
must	O
have	O
at	O
least	O
4GB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
8GB	O
recommended	O
,	O
an	O
x86-64	B-Device
CPU	B-General_Concept
and	O
a	O
GPU	B-Architecture
supporting	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
supported	O
graphics	O
APIs	O
:	O
OpenGL	B-Application
4.3	O
or	O
greater	O
,	O
or	O
Vulkan	B-Application
,	O
the	O
latter	O
being	O
recommended	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apart	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
itself	O
to	O
be	O
run	O
,	O
the	O
emulator	O
requires	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
's	O
firmware	B-Application
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
from	O
Sony	O
's	O
official	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPCS3	B-Language
received	O
significant	O
media	O
attention	O
in	O
April	O
2017	O
for	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
emulate	O
Persona	B-Application
5	I-Application
,	O
achieving	O
playability	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
Western	O
release	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
Persona	B-Application
developer	O
Atlus	O
issued	O
a	O
DMCA	O
takedown	O
notice	O
against	O
RPCS3	B-Language
's	O
Patreon	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
action	O
was	O
motivated	O
by	O
the	O
Patreon	O
page	O
making	O
frequent	O
mentions	O
on	O
the	O
emulator	O
's	O
progress	O
on	O
emulating	O
Persona	B-Application
5	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
demand	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
was	O
settled	O
by	O
only	O
removing	O
all	O
Persona	B-Application
5	I-Application
references	O
from	O
the	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
