Sony PlayStation turns 20 years old

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• The CPU: MIPS R3000A-compatible (R3051) 32-bit RISC-microprocessor clocked at 33 MHz 8688. Promoted microprocessor LSI Logic Corp. using technology licensed from SGI. In the chip also includes Geometry Transformation Engine and the Data Decompression Engine.
• Performance - 30 MIPS.
• Bus bandwidth - 132 MB / s.
• Instruction Cache - 4 KB.
• Cache: 1 KB SRAM.
• Geometry Transformation Engine - controller to work with three-dimensional graphics, is placed on a single chip with the CPU.
• Performance - 66 MIPS.
• Announced performance: 1, 5 million. polygons per second, 500,000 textured and lit polygons per second.
• The actual performance: 360 000 polygons per second, 180,000 textured and lit polygons per second. This discrepancy is primarily due to the fact that the formal characteristics have been obtained under laboratory conditions close to ideal.
• Memory:
• Main memory: 2 MB. (16 Megabit)
• Video Memory: 1 MB. (8 megabit)
• Sound RAM: 512 KB.
• Buffer read CD-ROM: 32 KB.
• BIOS 512 KB.
• Memory Cards: 128 KB on EEPROM.
• CD-ROM: a two-speed, 300 KB / s, XA-compliant. < br />  
  
  As a memory card device could also be used PocketStation.
  
  At the start of the console has a good selection of games from a variety of genres.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Source: geektimes.ru/post/242374/