Sony unveils the Playstation 3 at E3

Sony just announced its upcoming Playstation 3 and unveilled the specs and design to the world. In my opinion, the PS3 box is nicer than its nemesis the Xbox 360. It is also said that the PS3 is smaller. It however packs all the power it needs to power the next-generation games. At the same time, Konami confirms that a Metal Gear Solid 4 will be released on the PS3. That should give Halo 3 a run for its money. (specs below)

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
218 GFLOPS

GPU
• RSX @550MHz
• 1.8 TFLOPS floating point performance
• Full HD (up to 1080p) x 2 channels

Sound
• Dolby 5.1ch, DTS, LPCM, etc. (Cell- base processing)

Memory
• 256MB XDR Main RAM @3.2GHz
• 256MB GDDR3 VRAM @700MHz

Storage
• 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 2.0 (EDR)

Controller
• Bluetooth (up to 7)
• USB 2.0 (wired)
• Wi-Fi (PSP)
• Network (over IP) AV

Output
• Screen size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
• HDMI: HDMI out x 2

Disc Media
• Pretty much everything.

Full specs at IGN.com