--Sony's PSP Specs Announced--

[Sapphire9800]

Basically it will have a UMD (Universal Media Disc) optical disk which will allow 1.8 gb of data...Many media types, dvd quality video playback
Sony claims apolygon performance of 33 million polygons per second. GPU has access to 2 Megabytes of VRAM with a bandwidth of 5.3 Gigabytes per second. PSP will be powered by twin MIPS R4000 32 bit processors running at max 333 Megahertz
calculation capability of up to 2.6 Gigaflops
8MB of main memory with bandwidth of 2.6GB per second
2MB of sub-memory with bandwidth of 2.6GB per second

including include a standard IEEE802.11 wireless LAN

Detailed PSP Specs:

UMD(Universal Media Disc)
60mm
Laser Diode:660nm
Dual Layer :1.8GB
Transfer Rate:11Mbps
Shock Proof
Secure ROM by AES
Unique Disc ID

PSP CPU CORE
MIPS R4000 32bit Core
128bit Bus
1 - 333MHz @ 1.2V
Main Memory :8MB(eDRAM)
Bus Bandwidth :2.6GB/sec
I-Cache, D-Cache
FPU, VFPU (Vector Unit) @ 2.6GFlops
3D-CG Extended Instructions

PSP Media Engine
MIPS R4000 32bit Core
128bit Bus
1 - 333MHz @ 1.2V
Sub Memory:2MB(eDRAM) @ 2.6GB/sec
I-Cache, D-Cache
90nm CMOS

PSP Graphics Core 1
3D Curved Surface + 3D Polygon
Compressed Texture
Hardware Clipping, Morphing, Bone(8)
Hardware Tessellator
Bezier, B-Spline(NURBS)
ex 4x4, 16x16, 64x64 sub-division

PSP Graphics Core 2
'Rendering Engine' + 'Surface Engine'
256bit Bus, 1-166 MHz @ 1.2V
VRAM :2MB(eDRAM)
Bus Bandwidth :5.3GB/sec
Pixel Fill Rate :664 M pixels/sec
max 33 M polygon /sec(T&L)
24bit Full Color:RGBA

PSP Sound Core: VME
Reconfigurable DSPs
128bit Bus
166MHz @1.2V
5 Giga Operations /sec
CODEC
3D Sound, Multi-Channel
Synthesizer, Effecter, etc

AVC Decoder
AVC(H.264) Decoder
Main Profile
Baseline Profile
@Level1,Level2,Level3
2Hours(High Quality) - DVD movie
4Hours(Standard Quality) - CS Digital

I/O
USB 2.0
Memory Stick
Extension Port(reserved)
Stereo Head phone Out

Communication
Wireless LAN (i802.11)
IrDA
USB 2.0

[ELiTE KiLLaH]

is this the playstatino 3 that was rumored to have like a 1thz processor or something haha?

[Hippy]

Noo the PSP is sony's handheld. Gona be everything the gba wanted to be.

Should be pretty cool but i am very interested to see what kinda price all this hardware has.


http://www.gamers.com/news/1425565 here has some info and a pic... but i think that is a mock up, not sure.

[ELiTE KiLLaH]

err that just sounds like a new clie to me (didnt read it all, but some parts of it..)

this is a "concept" pic
http://www.rogotworld.com/psp.jpg

[m[X]]

there probobly gonna be quite pricey

[MaNiAk21]

Yes, has anyone here heard about the N-Gage by Nokia, first handheld with full 3d graphics etc. and it a cell phone. It has some really nice features but I haven't seen anything more than the site and the street team site about it yet. It's hard for any company to sell any kind of handheld vs. Nintendo and their GameBoy line but you never know with some of these new systems... 8)

[Hippy]

N-cage i heard was going for a november release over here, but haven't heard anymore on it.

I think that both the PSP and the N-cage will be very successful. The press releases for both stated that they will not compete with the GBA but instead go for a target market that the GBA doesn't reach. Where as the GBA is a mainly an under 14 market (i know the GBA SP was targeted at 'grown-ups' but sony obviouly missed this...) Sony are heading for anyone above this, and with a prices tag reported at $600(!) i am not suprised if a sales stratigy aimed for men, aged 25+ and in a successful buisness goes ahead.
N-cage details for pricing i haven't seen, but they stated much the same as Sony - 'its a grown-up platform' - and with the added function of being a mobile as well, kids (18 or under) will pretty much be unable to get one, without perents paying for it AND the risked cost of calls their nipper might make.

Me i am happily staying with my GBA :) Advance Wars (and soon AW2) is only on it so that decides for me!

[Rich]

All this money for something that won't be upgradable etc.. You could buy a SWEEEEET video card for the price of some of these console and portable systems.

[MaNiAk21]

Yeah, but nothing really beats a mobile device, they shall be upgradeable soon I'm sure, not too soon, but sometime. Things are getting to be pretty revolutionary in the gaming world these days, more competition, larger traget-markets, more acceptence. I remember just when I was younger, before anything next-gen, only little kids and geeks/odd fellows really used consoles much and now it is cool to get a PS2 or XBOX, people aren't going much for the G-CUbe but that's just the way things happen. :P