| November 5, 2003 PSP concept art revealed! --Yes, it’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for, I know. Sony just released the first concept art for it’s upcoming portable gaming console, the PSP. Now before you get your get into your car and drive down to your local Toys’R’Us and pre-order one, you must realize that this is just concept art and that the final version won’t be unveiled till E3 in May 2004 most likely. Yes, this probably the direction Sony is going it, but it is by no means a final copy. Personally I think they’re on a good track and you can bet your Mushroom Kingdom I’ll be getting one! |
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| PSP CPU Core MIPS R4000 32-bit core 128-bit bus 1-333MHz (1.2V) 8MB eDRAM main memory 2.6Gbps bus bandwidth FPU, VFPU (2.6 billion flops) 3D graphics extended instructions I Cache, D Cache PSP Media Engine MIPS R4000 32-bit core 128-bit bus 1-333MHz (1.2V) 2MB eDRAM submemory I-Cache, D-Cache 90nm CMOS |
| PSP Graphics Core 1-166MHz (1.2V) 256-bit bus 2MB eDRAM (VRAM) 5.3Gbps bus bandwidth 664 million pixels per second pizel fill rate 3D curved surface and 3D polygon engine Support for compressed textures, hardware clipping, morphing, bone, tessellation, bezier, b-spline (NURBS) Maximum of 33 million polygons per second 24-bit full color (RGBA) |
| Sound Core VME (Virtual Mobile Engine) Reconfigurable DSP 166MHz (1.2 V) 128-bit bus 5 giga operations per second CODEC capabilities 3D sound, 7.1 channels Synthesizer, effecter, and other abilities ATRAC3 plus, AAC, MP3 for audio |
| Media UMD (Universal Media Disc) 60mm-diameter disc 660nm laser diode 1.8GB capacity (dual-layered disc) 11Mbps transfer rate AES crypto system Unique disc ID Shock proof Regional code system Parental lock system Repeat ordering system Other Specifications 16:9-format widescreen TFT LCD (480x272 pixels, 24-bit full color) MPEG4 AVC decoder Wireless LAN (802.11) IrDA (Infrared Data Association) USB 2.0 Memory Stick AV in/out Stereo headphone out Lithium ion battery Expansion port |