PlayStation 3 Specs and Details
Product name: PLAYSTATION 3
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 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 x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
- Memory Stick: standard/Duo, PRO x 1
- SD: standard/mini x 1
- CompactFlash: (Type I, II) x 1
Communication: Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
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 x 2
- Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
- Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1
CD Disc media (read only):
- PlayStation CD-ROM
- PlayStation 2 CD-ROM
- CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW
- SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD
- DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)
DVD Disc media (read only):
- PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM
- PLAYSTATION 3 DVD-ROM
- DVD-Video: DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
Blu-ray Disc media (read only):
- PLAYSTATION 3 BD-ROM
- BD-Video: BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE
The PS3 has a massive role as a next gen console considering that it has bigger memory, playback feature, bluetooth capability and more. The only thing that makes PS3 a drag is it’s price of $494 as of it’s initial release in 2006.
