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May 16, 2005 - PlayStation 3 Specifications


Product name: PLAYSTATION®3

Logo: 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)
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 MULTI OUT x 1

Digital audio DIGITAL OUT
(OPTICAL) x 1

Disc media: CD PlayStation® CD-ROM

* read only PlayStation®2 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: PlayStation®2 DVD-ROM

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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May 16, 2005 - The big excitement of this year's Sony Conference at E3 was about the new PlayStation 3, but don't let news of a new system deter you from getting psyched for the PS2 games that will be shown on the show floor (and PS1, if there happens to be an amazing PS1 game to report on this year ... Hey, it could happen.) Sony reconfirmed as part of its E3 unveiling of PS3 that the system will be backwards-compatible with PS2 and PS1 games.

There was no word in this news on whether texture smoothing might be used to improve PS2/PS1 games -- the PlayStation 2 had rudimentary filters to help run PlayStation 1 games with a cleaner look and with less loadtimes, so it is hoped that we'll see some advancements with this new monster machine on the games everybody already owns.

Look for a test of PS3's backwards compatibility a long, long time from now. In the meantime, we'll be covering all of the PS2 games (and PS1 games) that you should be buying in preparation for this new Sony console. Oh, and obviously, to play and enjoy the hell out of in the meantime...

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May 16, 2005 - Among one hundred billion other bits of technical information, we recently learned that the PlayStation 3 will be capable of outputting a 1080 progressive scan image.

Very few pieces of media currently support 1080 progressive scan display. For reference, Apple recently announced that it would release new movie trailers in 1080p format, provided gamers used their new Quicktime application. Additionally, a couple of movies (namely Terminator 2) support 1080p.

While a lot of televisions do not currently support the ultra high-end format, it's great to see Sony looking way into the future for its next system.

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Just thinking of theswe next gen consoles gives me that tingly feeling.

Dude... omg... I... omg... it's just so... ... ... omg... it's looks so cool and... omg... the graphics are amazing and... omg they better fucking remake Final Fantasy VII for the PlayStation 3 after making me watch that technical demo adn if they don't I will personally murder every single person working and used to work for SquareSoft and SquareEnix.

Looks like we know what next gen console is the better of the 2 we have previewed so far. Or at least cooler.

when i looked at all of them for the first time i got goose bumps. ooh ahhh...RAWR!!!!!!!!

honestly i hav no idea which 1 do u think it is. The both hav amazing capabilities. so...

nd if u think the ps3 is better i really am not sure i mean hav u seen gears of war. that game is breath taking. I swear i thought i nutted myself when i first saw it!!!!!!!!!!!

If you honestly can not see that the PS3 has a better deign then I don't know what to say.

Nd I don't think we should be comparing grapichs until we get a few games out and actually play them. There is alot you can't tell from videos.

pics dosen't work anymore but i've seen it already tho totaly own !

Gears of War:



I-8:



You can not tell me that Gears of War looks better then I-8, when you consider the fact that the pics you have been seeing are rendered, and not actual gameplay. Almost all of the XBox 360 games look a lot like the XBox.

And, you go take a look at Gran Turismo 5 and it just might destroy your argument

well considering that ur pics arnt showing up i really cant tell so...

well we cant do that now can we. since ps3 isnt even coming out till next year! so i really dont know how long i can wait. nd as 4 the desing the even tho this is a site for plastion consumers nd lots of ppl r biased towards this issue the ps3 looks like a fat version of the original ps2 console. Im not saying that xbox 360 looks better but atleast it looks different.

nd dont get me started on that piece of crap that they call a controler. i mean wtf. maybe its due to the 1st person shooters their realesing but it looks like a danm boomerang. nd as a nice touch with the xbox 360 remotes u can turn the console on with the remote. nd u dont hav 2 customize it ur self it comes like that. Im not sure if the ps3 remotes will be able to do that but i know that xbox can.

Nd 4 the funniest thing that i heard is that the psp will be campatible with the xbox360. that has to be the funniest thing ive heard. i mean sony must b so fuking pissed when they heard about that. LOL that so just priceless.

so as u hav read all the statements i posted above it may sound like that i like the xbox 360 better but that isnt true it just seems that since most of u r sony driven fans that u cant c anything good with the xbox. I am both a ps3 AND Xbox360 fan. I count really choose between the 2 they both hav different factors that make them both amazing consoles im just pionting out that its not only about the ps3.

Ok the whole PSP to XBox 360 thing, it's just that it's compatible with all USB devices with flash memory, meaning the PSP is basically just an MP3 player or digital camera to the XBox 360, and why would Sony be pissed about that? That be like them being pissed that it's compatible with Windows based PCs

And you know what I have to say about your controller comment? You don't know shit about controllers XD Do you know how fucking weird the N64 and PSX controllers looked when they first came out compared to a NES or SNES controller? I mean come on man. The NES controller was a rectangle. The N64 look like an alien's hand. And the XBox had the funkiest controller I had ever seen. The thing was huge compared to the other controllers! So think about the history before you judge something like a controller.

Oh, and the thing with the pics, IGN is having server problems, so they'll be up again later

Ironically the only system I ever founf to have a uncomfortable controller was the original Xbox ones that were too bulky.

the ps3 is so much more sexy than the flat xbox.

Yeah and you get to have a spiffy white one! I'm still getting the black one of course, but it will sure as hell look better then my PlayStation 2.

Im moved this from the original latest news section due to djp making new ps3 sections. I will try moving anything that is relevent into the right place.

You know all consoles have their merits. In my experience though it is the Playstation that is the most original with games, they have some pretty far out ideas and downright weird games that they develop, and personally I feel that it caters for the female audience a bit better. That's in my experience anyway...

Hell yeah go Katamari Damacy! Nintendo ain't got shit on that game!

I don't think much people understand how awesome this is. Up to 7 controllers. plus u can watch ur psp movies from the mem. stick and there must be so much more u can do w/ the psp on it.

WOW! The PS3 is looking better and better...

oh my god............ drooling already,want one now!