PlayStation 3
Manufacturer: Sony
Platform: PlayStation 3
Origin: Japan, US
Release: 2006


Sony Computer Entertainment revealed its next generation console PlayStation 3. The console is set to launch in spring 2006. Ken Kutaragi refers the PS3 as a supercomputer for computer entertainment.

PlayStation 3 will be powered by the Cell Processor at 3.2GHz, with 512KB L2 Cache; the graphic processor is Nvidia RSX "Reality Synthesizer" at 550MHz, which is capable of 128bit pixel precision, 1080p resolution; it has 512MB of graphics render memory which can perform 100 billion shader operations and 51 billion dot products per second. Nvidia RSX is said to be more powerful than two GeForce 6800 Ultra video cards at $1000.

The PlayStation 3 will use Blu-ray discs as the media format, which can hold 6 times as much data as DVDs. PS3 will be backward compatible with all existing PS2 and PSone software. The machine also includes Memory Stick DUO, SD, Compact Flash slots, as well as a slot for detactable 2.5" HDD.

Here are the 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 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, I/O HDD - Detactable 2.5" HDD slot x 1
USB - Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB 2.0)
Memory Stick - Standard / DUO, PRO x 1
SD - standard/mini x 1
Compact Flash - 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)
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 Multiout x 1
Digital Audio - Digital Out (Optical) x1
Disc Media
(Read only) CD - PSone, PS2, CD-DA, SACD, DualDisc
DVD - PS2, PS3, DVD-Video
Blu-ray Disc - PS3, BD-Video












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Last edited by E2EK1EL on May-17-2005 at 12:03

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I'm not that keen about the controller at all.

very sexy!, i love it

does that controller have vibrate?

if it does it'll be used for a lot of other things beside videogames.

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Originally posted by arek does that controller have vibrate? if it does it'll be used for a lot of other things beside videogames.

haha...gabe kiedy bedzie bonfire?

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Originally posted by che haha...gabe kiedy bedzie bonfire?

What the hell is this crazy moon language

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 What the hell is this crazy moon language

Damn Polaks

it's native smoke signals on the internet.

i shall return the smoke signals.

.. .. .... ... .. ..

za zimno na ognisko!

nie w piatek bo jest TOTA imprezka,
moze w sobote..

hej sekunde, w niedziele tez mozna bo poniedzialek wolny.

wszystko mozliwe.

looking at the weather.. sunday is best.

SUN
MAY 22
21°C day - > low at night is 10°C

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Originally posted by arek it's native smoke signals on the internet. i shall return the smoke signals. .. .. .... ... .. .. za zimno na ognisko! nie w piatek bo jest TOTA imprezka, moze w sobote.. hej sekunde, w niedziele tez mozna bo poniedzialek wolny. wszystko mozliwe.

Fajno...o ktorej idziecie w piatek?

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Originally posted by VERTiG0 What the hell is this crazy moon language

They eat wierd food too