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=2006-KEN KUTARAGI = =Sony PlayStation 3: The Fully Loaded Game Console = = = Mr. Ken Kutaragi, the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and President of Sony Computer Entertainment, the video game division of Sony, introduced to the world, the **PlayStation (abbreviated PS)** in 1994. Known as the 'Father of the PlayStation', Mr. Kutaragi was involved with the introduction of the PS, along with the spinoffs, which included the PlayStation 2 (PS2), the PS Portable, and most importantly, the PlayStation 3 (PS3).


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 * Ken Kutaragi ||


 * PLAYSTATION 3**
 * November 2006:** A major event in the gaming industry was the introduction of the **PlayStation 3** (abbreviated **PS3**). This product was the third installation of the PlayStation console series.


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 * PS3 ||

Features include:
 * The PS3 is considered the most fully-loaded gaming console**


 * **Built in Wi-Fi**: With the built in Wi-Fi, users can easily connect to any personal Wi-Fi network, and can therefore play, download and connect without wires.


 * **Disc Slot**: The disc slot in the PS3 allows users to watch movies using Blu-Ray discs. This console is considered to be one of the cheapest Blu-Ray players available. In addition to Blu-Ray, the console can also play CD's, DVD's.




 * **The Controller:** [|Sixaxis Wireless controller]introduced as the first wireless controller of the PS3. It was later succeeded by the DualShock3 . Both of these controllers utilizes Bluetooth technology for game play.




 * [|Cell] The Cell was introduced in the PS3 console. The Cell is a microprocessor architecture jointly developed by Sony Corporation Sony Computer Entertainment, IBM, and Toshiba an alliance known as "STI".

Product name:** PLAYSTATION 3
 * Specifications:
 * 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) x3 (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
 * CD Disc media (read only):**
 * PlayStation CD-ROM
 * PlayStation 2 CD-ROM
 * CD-DA (ROM), CD-R, CD-RW
 * SACD Hybrid (CD layer), SACD HD
 * DualDisc (audio side), DualDisc (DVD side)
 * DVD Disc media (read only):**
 * PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM
 * PLAYSTATION 3 DVD-ROM
 * DVD-Video: DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW
 * Blu-ray Disc media (read only):**
 * PLAYSTATION 3 BD-ROM
 * BD-Video: BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE