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Table of Contents

- Hardware revisions
- CPU
- GPU
- Sound
- Memory
- Bandwidth
- Storage
- Communication
- Controller
- AV Output
- Disc media

Hardware revisions

V1 - original
V2 - second generation of PS3 having less hw features, but Cell Processor is based on 65 nm technology (less heat, less power usage)

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
- 218 GFLOPS floating point

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
- Produced by nVidia and similar to the 7800 GPU intended for PCs

Sound

Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-base processing)

Memory

256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz

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)

Storage

HDD Detachable 2.5” HDD slot x 1
USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0) [only USB Front x 2 in V2]
Memory Stick standard/Duo, PRO x 1 [not in V2]
SD standard/mini x 1 [not in V2]
CompactFlash (Type I, II) x 1 [not in V2]

Communication

Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller

Bluetooth 2.0 (up to 7)
USB 2.0 (wired)
Wi-Fi (PSP®)
Network (over IP)

AV Output

Screen size
- 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p,1080i, 1080p
HDMI
- HDMI out x 2 [x 1 in v2]
Analog AV
- MULTI OUT x 1
Digital audio
- DIGITAL OUT
- OPTICAL x 1

Disc media

CD
- PlayStation® CD-ROM [not in V2]
- PlayStation®2 CD-ROM [not in V2]
- CD-DA CD-DA (ROM), CD-R,CD-RW
- SACD SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD [not in V2]
- DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)
DVD
- PlayStation®2 DVD-ROM [not in V2]
- PLAYSTATION®3 DVD-ROM
DVD-Video
- DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
Blu-ray Disc
- PLAYSTATION®3 BD-ROM
BD-Video
- BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE

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ps3/hardware.txt · Last modified: 2008/05/15 00:07