Geeky Info

ars technica links up some information about the new sony playstation 3. Does anyone else get the feeling that timing of these announcements are important

Tiger release >> more information about Longhorn

And now more information about the playstation 3 in the wake of the news of the new xbox.

• Backwards compatibility with the Playstation and Playstation 2
• Support for Blu-Ray, DVD, CD-ROM, CDRW, DVD-ROM, DVD+R, and DVD-R formats.
• Storage options include a 2.5-inch removable hard drive, SD, Memory Stick Duo, and compact flash.
• Connectivity options include Bluetooth (for the controllers), 802.11b (for PSP connectivity), Gigabit Ethernet, and USB 2.0
• The Cell processor will run at 3.2GHz (same as the Xbox’s 360’s Xenon CPU)
• Main memory is 256MB of RDRAM, and the machine will also have 256MB of 700MHz GDDR VRAM. (Compare the Xbox 360’s single pool of 512MB of GDDR 3 DRAM.)
• Video output can go as high as 1080p