It's official: PSP has 32 MB + 4 MB eDRAM

[Megadrive1988]

right from Kaz's mouth.

no links for now.

 

[Farid]

Re: official: PSP has 32 MB + 4 MB eDRAM

right from Kaz's mouth.

no links for now.

Do you know how it's (eDram) distributed ?

 

[Megadrive1988]

nope. i'm just watching the Sony conference.

 

[arhra]

well, it'll make PS2 ports easier, at least...

 

[cthellis42]

Offhand, I assume they replaced the 8MB eDRAM Main Memory with the current 32MB (of whatever type it is), and left the two 2MB eDRAM pools (in the Media Engine and "PSP Graphics Core 2") alone.

At least the "30MB total RAM" rumors were wrong... I never could work out a proper mental distribution from that number.

 

[ChryZ]

The conference is very cool so far ... my gosh, the PSP looks even better now. The screen seems to be huge

 

[McFly]

My thread at FK with a lot of infos from the conference: http://www.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=553955

Fredi

 

[Phil]

hmm... disappointment or for the best? Probably for the best and it will make porting easier, but I thought the large amount of edram was pretty cool.

Heh, when do we get the first pictures from the inside?

 

[overclocked]

Link to presentation?

 

[Farid]

"High rez" pics of PSP and Games

I've already posted them on the other topic.

 

[V3]

2.5h to 10h battery life ? Did I hear that right ?

Also it seems to be 32 MB main memory and 4 MB VRAM. No mentioned of the other 2 MB of RAM.

 

[zurich]

32 megs of ram and 4 megs of eDRAM? So it's a portable PS2?

Agreed, the screen looks huge!

 

[overclocked]

again any file of the presentation or link, plz...

 

[speng]

I think it's 4MB VRAM, not eDRAM.

But that system looks sweet, plus it plays movies..and has wireless connectivity...I wonder if it'll come with a built in browser..or...or..

Speng.

 

[Clashman]

2.5h to 10h battery life ? Did I hear that right ?

That's a pretty big spread, there. How do you think that works out? Maybe 2.5 hrs for backlit screen playing a UMD movie, and 10 hrs playing a non-backlit game via the memory stick?

 

[Farid]

2.5h to 10h battery life ? Did I hear that right ?

Also it seems to be 32 MB main memory and 4 MB VRAM. No mentioned of the other 2 MB of RAM.

Here's what i know it's 2,5H for Movies (UMD constantly rotating), ~10H for gaming (UMD rotating only for Loading) and 7,5H for Music playback (Atrac3... :? )

 

[wco81]

Anyone know the resolution of the screen?

Is the battery user-replaceable? Probably 10 hours with Wifi off?

Are the games all going to be 16:9 or is that for movies mostly? Would be good for developers to think in terms of 16:9 from now on for next-gen support.

The two things that are kind of bummers are that apparently all the games were shown as videos or in a PD SDK simulator, according to Gamespot. So the hardware isn't quite ready?

Of course, no price was announced. Maybe they're waiting to see what Nintendo does or seeing what component prices look like 6 months from now?

 

[Bunnyman]

PSP Product Specifications

Product Name: PlayStation Portable (PSP)
Color: Black
Dimensions: Approx. 170 mm (L) x 74 mm (W) x 23 mm (D)
Weight: Approx. 260 g (including battery)
CPU: PSP CPU(System clock frequency 1~333MHz)
Main Memory: 32MB
Embedded DRAM: 4MB
Display:
*4.3 inch, 16:9 widescreen TFT LCD
*480 x 272 pixel (16.77 million colors)
*Max. 200 cd/m2 (with brightness control)
Speakers: Built-in stereo speakers
Main Input/Output:
*IEEE 802.11b (Wi-Fi)
*USB 2.0 (Target)
*Memory Stick(TM) PRO Duo
*IrDA
*IR Remote (SIRCS)
Disc Drive: UMD Drive (Playback only)
Profile:
*PSP Game
*UMD Audio
*UMD Video
Main Connectors:
* DC OUT 5V
*Terminals for charging built-in battery
*Headphone/Microphone/Control connector
Keys/Switches:
*Directional buttons (Up/Down/Right/Left)
*Analog pad
*Enter keys (Triangle, Circle, Cross, Square)
*Left, Right keys
*START, SELECT, HOME
*POWER On/Hold/Off switch
*Brightness control, Sound Mode, Volume +/-
*Wireless LAN On/Off switch
*UMD Eject
Power: Built-in lithium-ion battery, AC adaptor
Access Control: Region Code, Parental Control
Accessories:
*Stand
*Headphone with remote commander
*Headphone with remote commander and microphone
*External battery pack
*Case
*Strap
E3 Prototype Exhibition:
*USB Camera for PSP
*USB GPS for PSP
*USB Keyboard for PSP


UMD Specifications
Dimensions: Approx. 65 mm (W) x 64 mm (D) x 4.2 mm (H)
Weight: Approx. 10g
Disc Diameter: 60 mm
Maximum Capacity: 1.8GB (Single-sided, dual layer)
Laser wavelength: 660nm (Red laser)
Encryption: AES 128bit
Profile:
*PSP Game (full function)
* UMD Audio (codec ATRAC3plus(TM), PCM, (MPEG4 AVC))
* UMD Video (codec MPEG4 AVC, ATRAC3plus(TM), Caption PNG)

 

[arhra]

looking at the pics, what happened to analogue controls? i hope they haven't gone for an 'analogue' d-pad...

 

[cthellis42]

I was just going to ask about the pad... I hope that's not final, as I'd really like something more proper for... uh... analog-ness.