Release Date (UK)
September 2005

Spec
CPU: Two MIPS R4000; 32 BIT, 3D CG extended instructions, FPU, VFPU (Vector Unit) at 2.6Gflops. (One programmable for games and another dedicated to media playback capabilities)

RAM: 3Mb (Edram)

Other Processors: Advanced 3D Graphics Engine

Video: AVC MPEG4 decoder, Main and baseline profile, Level 1 to 3, 2h HQ, 4h in SQ

Graphics core: 3D curved surface + 3D polygon, Compressed textures, Hardware clipping, Morphing Bone (up to 8), Hardware tessellator, Bezier, B-Spline 2Mb VRam, 5.3Gb/s bus bandwidth, 664Mpizels/s pixel fill rate, maximum of 33millions polygon/s (T&L)

Protection: Region code, AES Crypto System

Media: Memory Stick (standard, Pro and Magic Gate); UMD 1.8Gb

Screen: Backlight, 24bit full colour RGBA, 480 x 272 dots, 16:9 widescreen format

Interfaces: Analogue joystick, L & R triggers, 4 digital buttons, Start, Select

Communication: Built in wireless LAN (802.11) Wi-Fi and IrDA

Sound Core: VME (reconfigurable DSP) at 128bit bus, 166MHz (1.2V), 5Giga operation/s. CODEC and multiple effects (Synthesizer, effecter, etc)

Sound: 7.1 channel, 3D Sound, CODEC

Sound formats: ATRAC3 plus, AAC, MP3

Memory Stick: standard, Pro and Magic Gate

UMD drive (= x2 DVD-ROM drive): Laser diode at 660nm, Dual layer for a total of 1.8Gb, 11 Mbps transfer rate, Shock Proof, Secure ROM by AES, Unique dick ID

IQ: USB 2.0 AV in & Out, Extension port, Stereo headphone out

Battery: Li-ion (Rechargeable)