PSP Features and Specifications
Photo courtesy Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.
Here's a rundown of the PlayStation Portable's technical specifications:
- Widescreen, backlit 4.3-inch (10.9 centimeters) TFT LCD monitor with 16:9 aspect ratio and 480x272 resolution
- MIPS R4000-based 333-MHz CPU
- Graphics sub-system running at 166 MHz on a 512-bit bus with 2 MB of DRAM, rendering 664 million pixels per second and 35 million polygons per second
- Graphics engine supporting directional 16- or 32-bit color, lighting, clipping, environment projection and texture mapping, fogging, alpha blending, depth and stencil tests, vertex blending for morphing-style effects, and dithering (Source: Hot Chips conference at Stanford University)
- Media processor using another 2 MB of DRAM
- 3-D graphics processing using NURBS (Nonuniform Rational B-Splines) as well as conventional polygon rendering
- USB 2.0 port, Memory Stick port, Universal Media Disc slot, stereo headphone jack and WiFi wireless LAN port
- Built-in stereo speakers
- Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries
- Weight: 280 grams (9.9 ounces)
- Dimensions: 17 x 7.4 x 2.3 cm (6.7 x 2.9 x 0.9 inches)
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