Product Name: PlayStation 3

Logo: PLAYSTATION(R)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-based 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:

Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1
does this mean i can take hard drives i already have (on my laptop or PC0 and put them in there?)
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
[b]So is this to look at pictures on a PS3 or just optional memory?

Communication:

Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + output x 2)
Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g

Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
does this mean ill be able to communicate with my computer and other blutooth devices, (celphone pocket pc ect.) and what purposse would that serve?
Controller:

Bluetooth (up to 7)
USB 2.0 (wired)
[b]so this means i can hook my controller up to my computer and use it as a joystick?

Wi-Fi (PSP)

Network (over IP)
wtf? so i can play my ps3 from my computer or sumthin?
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


so can n e 1 answer those questions?

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Aight.

does this mean i can take hard drives i already have (on my laptop or PC0 and put them in there?)?

No... there will probably be playstation 3 hard drives made by sony or third parties. But in theory any 2.5'' hard drive would fit in there.

So is this to look at pictures on a PS3 or just optional memory?

You got a PSP right? The PS3 is supposed to be another multimedia entertainment system so i suspect the memory stick is for PSP-PS3 connectivity, movies, music, pictures, save games (homebrew )... Well at least for people without a hard drive.

does this mean ill be able to communicate with my computer and other blutooth devices, (celphone pocket pc ect.) and what purposse would that serve?
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so this means i can hook my controller up to my computer and use it as a joystick?

Im not sure on this, but I think the Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR) just means that PS3 has bluetooth... I mean there probably wouldnt be functionality between it and other bluetooth devices like phones and shit (unless they are sony phones or something). The PS3 needs that bluetooth thing because the controllers are running on bluetooth. And no I dont think the controllers will work on the computer...

wtf? so i can play my ps3 from my computer or sumthin?

No this is for media again... You will be able to put things from your computer onto the PS3's memory stick or hard drive... and maybe stream some media or access downloaded demos. Or maybe its just for online connection through a wired network, rather than just having wireless like the PSP.

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Actually...

That little tidbit of the PC based Core is wrong.

The PS3 will have cell processor technology...basically a bunch of microprocessors that will run the machine.

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It didnt say PC based... it said powerPC-base

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Well Im not quite sure what the difference is...

But I know that it has microprocessors.

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Every console has microprocessors...

The difference is that the PS3 has 7... 360 got owned in terms of hardware -_-

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As it would appear.

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Well I know PS3 runs with the power of 2 TFLOPS. A TFLOP is used to categorize supercomuper. I assume 1 TFLOP is a supercomputer. PS3 runs full power can run up oto 2. 360 is barely 1 is Iremember the article I read a while back. Also with 7 processors loadtimes will damn near be non existent, at least for the beginning games or lower graphically advanced games, because the programmer could use the extra processors to load in the background. That's scary...extra processors.

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But you've gotta remember, hardware specs ALWAYS look better than they actually perform. That 2.360 TFLOPs in theory, but in actual performance it will probably never reach that. But its still more powerful than anything else around right now...

But yeah, the 7 processor thing will either ruin Sony or make them very successful. Its hard enough programming for 2-3 CPUs, but 7? At first, people probably wont bother with them all... If they invest time and energy into learning effective methods of coding for all 7 cores, then the games that we'll be seeing in the future will be amazing.

But remember, when everyone was using 1 core in consoles, sega used 3 and got fucked on... it was just too hard for the programmers back then to handle. Why waste so much time on making a game for one console, when its easier to make a game for another console? Sony better be packing a shitload of binding 3rd party contracts, and no doubt SCE will be making some ill games of their own to kick shit off.

but........ i want a revolution -_-

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Well you gotta remember as of now Sony still has a firm grasp on the industry, and some money companies wouldn't want to pass that uip so they'll in turn either adapt or just use what they know. Also Sony will most likely put out a majority of the launch titles just because they know their machine. I give it til 2007 til we actually see what PS3 can do. By then Hideo Kojima should have thoughtof some crazy game tha uses all 7 and becomes a killer app. Hell MGS4 may even use all 7. And I read in the newest EGM that is runs on 60 Frames as of now. And the TFLOPs may not be exactly 2 but then 360's isn't exactly 1. So it's still eats it's babies. lol And I want a Revolution too.

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Word...

I seriously need a revolution though... The ill shit good old Shiggy M. thinks of will own.

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I wanna just make love to that controller. It's beautiful. *dries* IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL!!!

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Word... I will...................... kill.............. for it.

But yo, its like 2am. If you can tell me why the fuck im on RV, I will stay awake... but im going to sleep, so nobody can tell me anything.

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I agree that the Revolution is going to be ill.

Quote Taken Directly out Of EGM:

"[We] hear that several developers (including those in the PC community) who make mostly online games want to work on Nintendo's next-gen console."

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So the PS3 takes Compact Flash?

12GB cards

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