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The PlayStation 3 technical specifications describe the various components of the PlayStation 3 (PS3) video game console. The PS3 uses the Cell microprocessor, which is made up of one 3.2 GHz PowerPC -based "Power Processing Element" (PPE) and six accessible Synergistic Processing Elements (SPEs).
PlayStation 3: The Full Specs List Want to know what's under the bonnet of Sony's shiny new PlayStation 3? Here's the full list of what's driving Sony's new flagship console.
The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE). The successor to the PlayStation 2, it is part of the PlayStation brand of consoles.
The easiest way to explain this is that the PS3 has three main models – those being the original ‘Phat’, Slim, and Super Slim variants. Within that, there are a number of different models to differentiate specs such as storage size or even color. In total, we count 28 models.
There are several original PlayStation 3 hardware models, which are commonly referred to by the size of their included hard disk drive: 20, 40, 60, 80, or 160 GB. [3][4] Although referred to by their HDD size, the capabilities of the consoles vary by region and release date.
Tech Specs Ps3compare.jpg There have been two major versions of Sony's console, the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation 3 Slim, differing in design, number of ports, and backwards compatibility.
The PS3 console, which competed at its release with Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii, represented a major leap in technology. With its Cell Processor, HD resolution, motion sensors, a wireless controller, and a hard drive that eventually grew to 500 GB, it was wildly popular.
Below is our side-by-side spec breakdown so you can be the judge. Take a closer look at what the PS4 specs mean for you and stay up to date all the latest PlayStation 4 news and...
Sony PlayStation 3 Technical Specifications. CPU: Cell Processor, PowerPC-base Core running at 3.2GHz, 1 VMX vector unit per core, 512KB L2 cache, 7 x SPE at 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.
As of August 2008, a new "bargain" PS3 is available with a larger, 80GB hard drive, and a "deluxe" model is due in November, doubling the capacity to 160GB. Both, however, lack backward...