Playstation STATS

CPU

R3000A
32 bit RISC processor
Clock- 33 MHz
Operating performance - 30 MIPS
Instruction Cache - 4 KB
Data Cache - 1 KB
BUS - 132 MB/sec.

Memory Configuration

Main RAM: 2 Mb
Video RAM: 1 Mb
Sound RAM: 512 Kb
CD ROM buffer: 32 Kb
OS ROM: 512 Kb

CD-ROM

Data Transfer Rate (DMA TO RAM)
150 KB/sec. (Normal)
300 KB/sec. (Double speed)
660 Megabytes - Max. Capacity
Audio CD play
XA Interactive Audio

GRAPHICS

All calculations are performed to 24 bit mode.

Color depth

Mode Colors 

      4                     16
      8                    256
     16                 32,768
     24             16,777,216

Texture mapping color

Mode Colors 

 
 4 bit                          16 
 8 bit                         256 
 16 bit                      32768

2D Graphics

Sprite display capability
Size:1X1 pixels to 256X256 pixels

Bit depth Sprite size 

                           8*8       16*16
 4 bit                    280K        110K
 8 bit                    280K         70K       
 16 bit                   160K         40K

Geometric Engine (GTE)

Operating performance: 66 MIPS 

 3D polygon transformation:
     Type:                                  Per second:
     Gouraud, textured and light sourced       500K
     Flat shaded                               1.5M

Data Decompression Engine(MDEC)

Operating performance - 80 MIPS
Directly connected to CPU bus
Motion JPEG-like Hardware Decompression Engine

Hardware Rendered Polygons(GPU)

Rendered in hardware
Up to 360K polygon/sec.
Texture mapping
Flat or Gouraud shading

Sprite and Background Graphics

 
 Virtually Unlimited:
         Size (up to 256 x 256)
         Number of sprites on a line
         Number of sprite images
         Number of CLUTs

SPRITE SPECIAL EFFECTS

Fading
Priority
Rotation
Scaling Up and Down
Transparency
Horizontal line scroll
Vertical line scroll
Warping

I/O System

Control Pad
Two control pad connectors
Expandable with multitap connector
Backup RAM
Two removable cards
128 KB Flash Memory
OS support for File Save, Retrieve and Remove
Serial Port I/O
Link Cable Connectivity

Sound Processor

24 Channels
44.1KHz sample rate
PCM audio source
Digital effects include:
Envelope
Looping
Digital Reverb
Load up to 512K of sampled waveforms
Supports MIDI Instruments

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