Want to know what's under the bonnet of Sony's shiny new PlayStation 3? Here's the full list of what's driving Sony's new flagship console.
PlayStation 3 specifications
CPU: Cell Processor PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
- 1 VMX vector unit per core
- 512KB L2 cache
- 7 x SPE @3.2GHz
- 7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
- 7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
- *1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy
- Total floating point performance: 218 gigaflops
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-based 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)
- SB2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)
System floating point performance
- 2 teraflops
Storage
- HDD Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1
- I/O--USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
- Memory Stickstandard/Duo, PRO x 1
- SD standard/mini x 1
- CompactFlash(Type I, II) x 1
Communication
- Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
- Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
- Bluetooth--Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
- ControllerBluetooth (up to 7)
- USB 2.0 (wired)
- Wi-Fi (PSP)
- Network (over IP)
AV Output
- Screen size 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
- HDMI out x 2
- AV multi out x 1
- Digital out (optical) x 1
Disc Media
- CD
- PlayStation CD-ROM
- PlayStation2 CD-ROM
- CD-DA
- CD-DA (ROM),
- CD-R,
- CD-RW
- SACD Hybrid (CD layer),
- SACD HD
- DualDisc (audio side)
- DualDisc (DVD side)
- PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM
- PlayStation 3 DVD-ROM
- DVD-ROM
- DVD-R
- DVD-RW
- DVD+R,
- DVD+RW
- Blu-ray Disc
- PlayStation 3 BD-ROM
- BD-ROM
- BD
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