Playstation 3

[PukkaSilvia]

Found these details on the new ps3.Im going to be getting one and the next grand turismo whenever it comes out.Its sure to be good . You may think im sad but i wouldnt get another make console.Playstations have always been good to me




PlayStation 3 - Unveiled and due Spring 2006
The prototype of the PlayStation 3 was unveiled at E3 yesterday by Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi, who also confirmed that the console is due for release in Spring 2006.

At the core of the console is the brand new Cell processor, which was jointly developed by Sony Group, IBM and Toshiba Corporation, and runs at an amazing 3.2 Ghz.

Performance-wise, the system sports 2.18 Teraflops (teraflops being a measurement of how many floating point operations are processed per second). This means that the in-game movement of objects and characters will be more realistic plus environments, landscapes and virtual worlds will be rendered in real-time.

The controllers will be wireless, and you can play with up to seven of them using Bluetooth connectivity. So no more multitaps!

The discs are now based on Blu-Ray standard, as opposed to the current dual-layer DVD discs, and can store up to 54Gb.

The console will also have in-built networking via a Gigabit Ethernet port, Internet browsing functions, EyeToy-style video chat, photo browsing and archiving, two HDMI ports and plenty more.

More specifications of the console for the number-hungry can be found at the bottom of this post and the PlayStation.com team out in LA will be bringing us plenty more news about the console over the next few weeks.

PlayStation 3 - Specifications

CPU:


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 2.0, Front x 4, Rear x 2

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, 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





recent launch date comment is here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4731128.stm