When its engineers requested the interface information from the firms that furnish the chips, however, they were often rebuffed.

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And having the interface information in the public domain should eventually result in more chips being sold.

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It's the first model to feature an interface powered by the PS2's Graphics Synthesizer and Emotion Engine chips, too, and comes with a clamshell, joystick-equipped remote control that looks like you could use it to pilot a plane and solve complex equations while you watch.

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