Here are the hardware specs of the PS3

PlayStation 3 (PS3 Colors). Sony Computer Entertainment America

PlayStation 3 Specs and Details

Product name: PLAYSTATION 3

CPU: Cell processor

• PowerPC core @ 3.2GHz
• 1 VMX vector unit memory
• 512 KB L2 cache
• 7 x SPE @ 3.2GHz
• 7 x 128 SIMD 128b GPR
• 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
• Multiway programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines

Dolby 5.1, DTS, LPCM, (Cell-base processing), etc.

Memory:

• 256MB XDR RAM main @ 3.2GHz
• 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @ 700MHz

System bandwidth:

• Main RAM: 25.6 GB / s
• VRAM: 22.4GB / s
• RSX: 20 GB / s (write) + 15 GB / s (read)
• SB: (write) + 2.5GB / 2.5GB / s (read)

System performance floating point: 2 TFLOPS

Storage:

• HDD
• Removable "HDD slot 2.5 x 1

E / S:

• USB: Front x 4, Rear x 2 (2.0)
• Memory Stick: Standard / Duo, PRO x 1
• SD: standard / mini x 1
• CompactFlash (Type I, II) x 1

Communication: Ethernet (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T) x 3 (input x 1 + x 2 output)

Wi-Fi: IEEE 802.11 b / g

Bluetooth: Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)

Controller:

• Bluetooth (up to 7)
• USB 2.0 (cable)
• Wi-Fi (PSP®)
• Network (IP)

AV output:

• Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
• HDMI: HDMI x 2
• Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1
• Digital Audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1

CD Disc media (read only):

• Playstation CD-ROM
• PlayStation 2 CD-ROM
• CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW
• SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD
• DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)

DVD media (read only):

• PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM

• PLAYSTATION 3 DVD-ROM
• DVD-Video: DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD + R, DVD + RW

A Blu-ray drive (read only):

• PLAYSTATION 3 BD-ROM
• BD-Video BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE

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• Storage media (HDD, "Memory Stick", SD memory card, and CompactFlash) are sold separately.
• "Dolby" is a trademark of Dolby Laboratories.
• "DTS" is a trademark of Digital Theater Systems, Inc.
• "CompactFlash" is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation.
• "HDMI" is a trademark of HDMI Licensing LLC.
• "Blu-ray Disc" is a trademark.
• "Bluetooth" is a registered trademark of Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
• "Memory Stick" and "Memory Stick PRO" are trademarks of Sony Corporation.
• "PlayStation" and the PlayStation logo and "PSP" are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
• All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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