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A 120 GB Slim model Motorized slot-loading disc cover. This feature is absent in the Super Slim model. The redesigned version of the PlayStation 3 (commonly referred to as the "PS3 Slim" and officially branded "PS3") features an upgradeable 120 GB, 160 GB, [25] [26] 250 GB or 320 GB [25] [26] hard drive and is 33% smaller, 36% lighter and consumes 34% (CECH-20xx) or 45% (CECH-21xx) less power ...
PlayStation 3's Cell CPU achieves a theoretical maximum of 204.8 GFLOPS in single precision floating point operations and up to 15 GFLOPS double precision. [1] The PS3 has 256 MB ([2]) of Rambus XDR DRAM, clocked at CPU die speed. [1] The PPE has 64 KB ([3]) L1 cache and 512 KB L2 cache, while the SPEs have 2 MB local memory (256 KB per SPE ...
Sony also unveiled a recently rumored slimmer PS3. The new "PS3 Slim" would have 120GB, and would have all the same features as the current 80GB model. The new model is 32% smaller, 36% lighter and consumes 34% less power than the original. The PS3 Slim's retail price is $299 in North America, €299 in the EU, £249 in the UK and ¥29,980 in ...
The Super Slim model of PS3 has received positive reviews. Gaming website Spong praised the new Super Slim's quietness, stating "The most noticeable noise comes when the drive seeks a new area of the disc, such as when starting to load a game, and this occurs infrequently." They added that the fans are quieter than those of Slim, and went on to ...
PlayStation 3 Slim PlayStation 3 Super Slim; Image Key dates First released December 1994 March 2000 October 2004 November 2006 September 2009 September 2012 Discontinued March 2006 October 2004 January 2013 October 2009 September 2012 May 2017 Dimensions (WxHxD) 275 mm × 63.5 mm × 190 mm (10.8 in × 2.5 in × 7.5 in)
EU. Japan. The PlayStation 3 system software is the updatable firmware and operating system of the PlayStation 3. The base operating system used by Sony for the PlayStation 3 is a fork of both FreeBSD and NetBSD known internally as CellOS or GameOS. [4][1] It uses XrossMediaBar as its graphical shell. The process of updating is almost identical ...
PlayStation (Japanese: プレイステーション, Hepburn: Pureisutēshon, officially abbreviated as PS) is a video gaming brand that consists of five home video game consoles, two handhelds, a media center, and a smartphone, as well as an online service and multiple magazines. The brand is produced by Sony Interactive Entertainment, a ...
In November 2008, Sony launched a 160 GB model, [60] and on August 18, 2009, Sony announced the PS3 Slim. The PS3 slim sold 1 million in under a month. It was then announced that a 250 GB slim model was to be released. It was released on September 1 (or 3 depending on country). [61] In September 2012, Sony announced a new slimmer PS3 redesign ...