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8 MB Memory Card, 40 GB HDD 8 MB Memory Card 20/60/80/160 GB 120/160/250/320 GB 12/250/500 GB Type Memory Cards Memory Cards, HDD Memory Cards HDD Bandwidth — 22-66 MB/s — 50-100 MB/s CPU Cores 1 1 two-way superscalar in-order RISC CPU core 1 Power Processor Element (Primary), 8 Synergistic Processing Units (Secondary) Threads ? ? ? Clock speed
Memory cards without encryption can be used to store PlayStation game saves, but PlayStation games would be unable to read from or write to the card – such a card could only be used as a backup. There are a variety of non-Sony manufactured memory cards available for the PlayStation 2, allowing for a larger memory capacity than the standard 8 MB.
Sony's PlayStation 2 is the best-selling game system overall with over 160 million units worldwide. [1] A video game console is a standardized computing device tailored for video gaming. The compact size of video game consoles allows them to be easily used in a variety of locations, making them portable. [2]
The PSX. Sony also manufactured a consumer device called the PSX that can be used as a digital video recorder and DVD burner in addition to playing PS2 games. The device was released in Japan on December 13, 2003, and was the first Sony product to include the XrossMediaBar interface.
The PSP was designed by Shin'ichi Ogasawara (小笠原伸一) for the Sony Computer Entertainment subsidiary of Sony Corporation.Early models pre-installed with 1.xx firmware were made in Japan but in order to cut costs, Sony has farmed out PSP production to non-Japanese manufacturers, mainly in China for units pre-installed with firmware version 2.00 and above.
The PS2 is primarily differentiated between models featuring the original "fat" case design and "slimline" models, which were introduced at the end of 2004. In 2010, the Sony Bravia KDL-22PX300 was made available to consumers. It was a 22" HD-Ready television which incorporated a built-in PlayStation 2. [96] [97]
32-bit Sony GPU (designed by Toshiba) [12] Handles display of graphics , control of framebuffer, and drawing of polygons and textures [ citation needed ] Handles 2D graphics processing, in a similar manner to the 3D engine [ citation needed ]
The PS2's unique hardware arrangement with no less than 10 processing units were difficult to come to grips with. Many developers struggled initially with programming the hardware. The PS2's Graphics Synthesizer (GS) has fast dedicated video memory, though it is limited in the amount of data it can hold.