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Playstation3 (PS3)
Playstation 3 (PS3) computer entertainment system combines state-of-the-art technologies featuring Cell, a processor jointly developed by IBM, Sony Group and Toshiba Corporation, graphics processor (RSX) co-developed by NVIDIA Corporation and SCEI, and XDR memory developed by Rambus Inc.

It also adopts BD-ROM (Blu-ray Disc ROM) with maximum storage capacity of 54 GB (dual layer), enabling delivery of entertainment content in full high-definition (HD) quality, under a secure environment made possible through the most advanced copyright protection technology. To match the accelerating convergence of digital consumer electronics and computer technology, PS3 supports high quality display in resolution of 1080p(*) as standard, which is far superior to 720p/1080i.
Playstation 3 (PS3) Console
Playstation3 (PS3) Specification
CPU Cell Processor
  PowerPC-base Core @3.2GHz
  1 VMX vector unit per core 512KB L2 cache
  7 x SPE @3.2GHz
  7 x 128b 128 SIMD GPRs
  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
  Multi-way programmable parallel floating point shader pipelines
Sound Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell-base processing)
Memory 256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
  256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz
System Bandwidth Main RAM 25.6GB/s
  VRAM 22.4GB/s
  RSX 20GB/s (write) + 15GB/s (read) SB 2.5GB/s (write) + 2.5GB/s (read)
System Floating Point Performance 2 TFLOPS
Storage HDD Detachable 2.5" HDD slot x 1
I/O USB Front x 4, Rear x 2 (USB2.0)
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 + output x 2)
Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR)
Controller Bluetooth (up to 7)
  USB2.0 (wired)
  Wi-Fi (PSP®) Network (over IP)
AV Output Screen size 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
  HDMI HDMI out x 2
  Analog AV MULTI OUT x 1
  Digital audio DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1
Disc media * read only CD PlayStation® CD-ROM
PlayStation®2 CD-ROM
CD-DA CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW
  SACD SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD
  DualDisc DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)
DVD PlayStation®2 DVD-ROM
PLAYSTATION®3 DVD-ROM
DVD-Video DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R,
      DVD+RW
Blu-ray Disc PLAYSTATION®3 BD-ROM
BD-Video BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE