Sony PlayStation 3 Beginner's Manual page 20

The Beginner's Guide To The PS3
CPU: Cell Processor
PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
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1 VMX vector unit per core
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512KB L2 cache
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7 x SPE @3.2GHz
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7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
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7 x 256KB SRAM for SPE
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* 1 of 8 SPEs reserved for redundancy total floating point
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performance: 218 GFLOPS
Graphics Processing Unit: RSX @550MHz
1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
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Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels
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Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines
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Sound: Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-base processing)
Memory:
256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
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256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz
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System Bandwidth:
Main RAM: 25.6GB/s
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VRAM: 22.4GB/s
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RSX: 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read)
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SB: 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)
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System Floating Point Performance: 2 TFLOPS
Storage:
HDD
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Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1
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I/O:
USB: Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
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Memory Stick: standard/Duo, PRO x 1
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SD: standard/mini x 1
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