Play Station 3 System Software
The PlayStation 3 system software is the updatable firmware and operating system of the PlayStation 3.
The process of updating is almost identical to that of the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita. The software may be updated by downloading the update directly on the PlayStation 3, downloading it from the user's local Official PlayStation website to a PC and using a USB storage device to transfer it to the PlayStation 3, or installing the update from game discs containing update data.
The native operating system of the PlayStation 3 is CellOS, which is believed to be a branch from the FreeBSD project. The 3D computer graphics API software used in the PlayStation 3 is LibGCM and PSGL, based on OpenGL ES and Nvidia's Cg. The PlayStation 3 uses the XrossMediaBar (XMB) as its graphical user interface.
The initial slim PS3s SKU shipped with a unique firmware with new features, also seen in software 3.00.
The current version of the software, 4.41, was made available on April 24, 2013.
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