At the recent unveiling of the new PlayStation 3 console at the E3 conference, Sony released an impressive list of technical specifications for the PS3. The key features are listed below:

• A PowerPC-base core running at 3.2 GHz
• 256MB of XDR RAM at 3.2 GHz
• 256MB GDDR3 VRAM at 700 MHz
• Bluetooth wireless controllers
• built in WiFi (802.11b/g)
• RSX (”Reality Synthesizer”) GPU
• Blu-ray DVD drive
• slot for a detachable 2.5-inch HDD
• 6 USB slots (2 at rear)

For the true enthusiast, a more detailed list of specifications is given below:
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• PLAYSTATION®3 Specifications Product name PLAYSTATION®3 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