PlayStation 2's Specs

Along with its announcement of the next generation PlayStation, Sony released a sheet of the system's features and specifications:

Next Generation PlayStation Basic Specifications and Features:

Internal Computing Power: CPU: 128 Bit "Emotion Engine"System Clock Frequency: 300 MHzCache Memory Instruction: 16KB - Data: 8KB + 16KB (ScrP)Main Memory Direct Rambus (Direct RDRAM)Memory Size: 32MBMemory Bus Bandwidth: 3.2GB per SecondCo-processor: FPU (Floating Point Unit): Floating Point Multiply, Accumulator x 1, and Floating Point Divider x 1Two Vector Units: VU0 and VU, Floating Point Multiply, Accumulator x 9, and Floating Point Divider x 3Floating Point Performance: 6.2 GFLOPS

Imaging and Graphics: 3D CG Geometric Transformation: 66 Million Polygons per secondCompressed Image Decoder: MPEG2Graphics: "Graphics Synthesizer"Clock Frequency: 150MHzDRAM Bus bandwidth: 48GB per SecondDRAM Bus width: 2560bitsPixel Configuration: RGBAlpha: Z Buffer (24:8:32)Maximum Polygon Rate: 75 Million Polygons per Second

Audio: Sound: "SPU2+CPU"Number of Voices: ADPCM: 48ch on SPU2 plus definable, software programmable voicesSampling Frequency: 44.1 KHz or 48 KHz (selectable)

Input/Output Communications: IO: I/O ProcessorCPU Core: PlayStation (current) CPUClock Frequency: 33.8MHz or 37.5MHz (Selectable)Sub Bus: 32 BitInterface Types: IEEE1394 (FireWire), Universal Serial Bus (USB)Communication: PC-Card (PCMCIA)Disc Device: CD-ROM and DVD-ROM