PS3

Games                                                                    The PS3 is Sony's next gen system...

Blu-Ray                                                                   it will include a new type of Disc format

                                                                                Called Blu-Ray... Blu-Ray Discs can hold

PS3-PSP                                                                  25GB if they are single Layer... 50 if dual

 PS3 Vs 360                                                              The PS3 will also include a new Cell Processor.

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            There will be type different packages of PS3's at launch... one with a 20 GB hard drive and the other with a 60...

At launch 80% of the PS3 will be 60GB and 20% will be 20GB...

Here is a list of specs on the two versions...

PlayStation 3 Specifications

60 GB Model		20 GB Model
CPU: CELL Processor		CPU: CELL Processor
GPU: RSX™		GPU: RSX™
Sound: Dolby 5.1, DTS, LPCM etc. (Cell based Processing)		Sound: Dolby 5.1, DTS, LPCM etc. (Cell based Processing)
Memory: 256MB XDR Main RAM, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM		Memory: 256MB XDR Main RAM, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM
HDD: 2.5" Serial ATA (60 GB)		HDD: 2.5" Serial ATA (60 GB)
I/O: USB 2.0 (X4) / Memory Stick/SD/CompactFlash		I/O: USB 2.0 (X4)
Communication: Ethernet (1X /10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) 1EEE 802.11 b/g Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR) Wireless Controller (Bluetooth)		Communication: Ethernet (1X /10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR) Wireless Controller (Bluetooth)
AV Output: Screensize 480i, 480p, 720i, 720p, 1080i, 1080p HDMI out (x1 / HDMI Next Gen) AV Multi Out (x1) Digital Out (Optical) (x1)		AV Output: Screensize 480i, 480p, 720i, 270p, 1080i, 1080p AV Multi Out (x1) Digital Out (Optical) (x1)
BD/DVD/CD Drive (Read Only): Maximum Read Speed BD 2x (BD-ROM) DVD 8x (DVD-ROM) CD 24x (CD ROM) SACD 2x		BD/DVD/CD Drive (Read Only): Maximum Read Speed BD 2x (BD-ROM) DVD 8x (DVD-ROM) CD 24x (CD ROM) SACD 2x
Dimensions: Approximately 325mm (W), x 98mm (H), x 274mm (D)		Dimensions: Approximately 325mm (W), x 98mm (H), x 274mm (D)
Weight: Approximately 5 kg.		Weight: Approximately 5 kg.

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Performance

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

 

 

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
 

                                                                                                                    (Sony's Blu-Ray Drive Prototype)

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