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1. CPU
(Central Processing Unit) - 33 MHz R3000 @ 30 MIPS.
Contains 66 MIPS Geometry Transfer Engine (GTE), the DMA
controller, and Sony's 80 MIPS proprietary MDEC video
decompression hardware. MDEC gives full screen
high-quality video playback, and can decompress graphics
into VRAM.
2. Operating system ROM - initiates the
boot-up sequence when switched on.
3. GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) - handles
all onscreen graphics.
4. 2 MB DRAM (main RAM)
5. 1 MB VRAM (video RAM)
6. 16-bit sound processing unit delivering 24
channels of ADPCM @ 44.1 KHz.
7. 512K sound RAM
8. CD controller - contains a CD-ROM XA
converter allowing up to either simultaneous streams of
mixed audio and CD data and a small amount of buffer
RAM.
9. Digital signal processor for the CD
drive.
10. 16-bit video digital audio converter.
11. Video decoder and encoder.
12. Cover latch.
13. Controller connector. |
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