I think the "local memory" in question is the RSX's 256MB of video RAM. Remember that the slide was from a presentation about the RSX. I would...
As I understand it the table is from a presentation about the RSX, and so in that context "local memory" refers to the 256MB of DDR video RAM...
The article is wrong... there is no problem here. This is the way the PS3 was designed. The slide shown in the article...
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