Sony Playstation 3

The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles.

A major feature that distinguishes the PlayStation 3 from its predecessors is its unified online gaming service, the PlayStation Network, which contrasts with Sony's former policy of relying on video game developers for online play. Other major features of the console include its robust multimedia capabilities, connectivity with the PlayStation Portable, and its use of the Blu-ray Disc as its primary storage medium. The PS3 was also the first Blu-ray 2.0-compliant Blu-ray player on the market.

The PlayStation 3 was first released on November 11, 2006 in Japan, November 17, 2006 in North America, March 16, 2007 in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and March 23, 2007 in mainland Europe and Oceania. Two stock-keeping units were available at launch: a basic model with a 20 GB hard disk drive and a premium model with a 60 GB hard drive and several additional features (the 20 GB model was not released in Europe or Oceania). Since then, several revisions have been made to the console's available models, most notably with the release of a new slim model in September 2009 to coincide with rebranding of the console and its logo.

info

• Developer: SCIE
• Manufacturer: Sony EMCS, Foxconn, AUSTek
• Product family: Playstation
• Type: Video game console
• Generation: 7th generation
• Retail availability: 11 Nov 2006
• Backward compatibility: PlayStation (all models), Playstation 2 (20GB, 60GB and some (CECHExx) 80GB models)
• Predecessor: PlayStation 2

Specs

• CPU: 3.2 GHz Cell Broadband Engine with 1 PPE & 7 SPEs
• GPU: NVIDIA/SCEI RSX "Reality Synthesizer" @ 550 MHz
• SPU: Sound memory: 2MB
  • Number of voices: 48 hardware channels of ADPCM on SPU2 plus software-mixed channels
  • Sampling Frequency: 44.1 kHz, 2MB of memory
  • Output:
    • A/V-Multi: Analog Stereo
    • TOSLINK: LPCM, 2ch, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz; Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS, AAC
    • HDMI: LPCM; DTS-HD Master Audio Bitstream (slim models only; Dolby TrueHD Bitstream (slim models only) Dolby Digital 5.1; DTS 5.1; AAC
• Storage capacity:
  • 2.5-inch SATA HDD (20GB, 40GB, 60GB, 80GB, 120Gb, 160GB, 250GB, 320GB included) (upgradeable) 
• Media: DVD-ROM, CD-ROM
• Disc Drive Type:
  • Custom micro-controller + DSP chip: 24x @ 3.6MB/s (PlayStation 2 format CD-ROM, PlayStation format CD-ROM), 4x @ 600KB/s (Supported DVD formats)-Region-locked with anti-copy protection. Can't read Gold Discs.
• Controller input: Sixaxis, DualShock 3, Logitech Driving Force GT, Logitech Cordless Precision controller, standard USB controllers, GT Force, Rythm game controllers, PlayStation Move, GunCon 3, PlayStation Portable, Keyboard and Mouse
• Connectivity:
  • Flash memory input: MemoryStick/PRO/Duo; SD/MMC; CompactFlash/Microdrive
  • A/V Output: HDMI 1.3a out; S/PDIF out (TOSLINK); AV Multi out - Composite video/stereo audio cable, S-Video cable, SCART cable, Component video cable, D-Terminal cable
  • IEE 802.11b/g Wi-Fi; Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR); 4x USB 2.0 (2x in 40GB and all later models; Wired gigabit Ethernet
• Online services: Playstation Network

Windows

Currently Not Available

Mac OSX

Currently Not Available

Source: Emulator-Zone, Wiki