PS3

Sony's High-definition Playstation 3 Console

Technical Specifications CPU: Cell Processor PowerPC-base core @3.2GHz; 1 VMX vector unit per core; 512KB L2 cache; 7x SPE @3.2GHz; 7x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs; 7x 256KB SRAM for SPE; 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy; Total floating point performance: 218 GFLOPS GPU: RSX @550MHz 1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance; full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels; multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines Sound: Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-base processing) Memory: 256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz; 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz System Bandwidth: Main RAM 25.6GB/s; VRAM 22.4GB/s; RSX 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read); SB 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read) System Floating Point Performance: 2 TFLOPS Storage: HDD Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1 I/O: USB Front x4, Rear x2 (USB2.0); Memory Stick standard/Duo PRO x1; SD standard/mini x1; CompactFlash (Type I, II) x1 Communication: Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x3 (input x1 + output x2); Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g; Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR) Controller: Bluetooth (up to 7); USB2.0 (wired); Wi-Fi (PSP) Network (over IP) AV Output: Screen size 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p; HDMI HDMI out x2; Analog AV MULTI OUT x1; Digital audio DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x1 Disc media: CD: PlayStation CD-ROM; PlayStation2 CD-ROM; CD-DA; CD-DA (ROM); CD-R; CD-RW SACD; SACD Hybrid (CD layer); SACD HD DualDisc; DualDisc (audio side),DualDisc (DVD side) DVD: PlayStation2 DVD-ROM; PlayStation3 DVD-ROM; DVD-Video DVD-ROM; DVD-R; DVD-RW; DVD+R; DVD+RW Blu-ray Disc: PlayStation3 BD-ROM; BD-Video BD-ROM; BD-R; BD-RE