PlayStation Portable

PlayStation Portable
The initial PSP-1000 model of the PlayStation Portable.
Developer(s)	Sony
Release Date(s)	Japan December 12, 2004 United States March 24, 2005 PAL region September 1, 2005
Price(s)	$180 USD
Colors	Black Silver
Units Shipped	Japan 15 million United States 17 million Europe 12 million Worldwide 71.4 million
Best-selling game	Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (4.6 million)

The PlayStation Portable (プレイステーション・ポータブル Pureisutēshon Pōrutaburu) is a handheld gaming console developed and released by Sony. The system was initially released in Japan and America in late 2004 and early 2005. As of autumn of 2011, the system has sold over 71 million units across the world.

The PlayStation Portable is not only able to connect to Sony's PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 systems but has Wi-Fi capabilities. The console's overall design is similar to that of regular dual shock controllers of the PlayStation, but has a similar design to Nintendo's Game Boy Advance in basic appearance. However, unlike the Game Boy Advance, the PlayStation Portable offers both an analog stick to function alongside a directional button pad.

History

The console was under production no later than late 2002 as Sony first unveiled concept images of the system at 2002's Sony Corporate Strategy Meeting. Further announcements regarding the system's technical appearance were unveiled when it was first shown off to the press. The PlayStation Portable was first announced at Sony's press conference before E3 2003, in which the Sony said only minor specifications about the system.

The PlayStation Portable launched in all major regions excluding the PAL region in 2004 with its initial model and a special Value System. The system was marked around $180 USD with the Value System version marked around $225 USD. The first day launch of the system totaled nearly 200,000 units, whereas the delayed PAL release of the system totaled around 185,000.

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Technical specifications

• General:
  • Dimensions:
    • Width: 170 mm
    • Height: 74 mm
    • Depth: 23 mm
  • Widescreen TFT LCD:
    • 4.3 inches
    • 3.8 inches
    • 480 × 272 pixels (16:9 Aspect Ratio)
    • 24-bit Color (16.77 Million colors)
    • Four Brightness Levels (200, 180, 130, 80 cd/m2)
  • Data communication:
    • Wireless LAN 802.11b
    • IrDA
    • Bluetooth
    • Mini-USB 2.0
    • AV-out
    • Composite Video
    • YPBPR Component Video
    • S-Video
  • Flash Storage:
    • Memory Stick PRO Duo Expansion Slot
    • Memory Stick M2 Expansion Slot
    • Internal Flash Storage
      • Internal NAND flash used by System Software is partitioned into 4 sectors:
        • flash0, contains system firmware – 24MB (PSP-1000)
        • flash1, contains system settings – 8MB (PSP-1000)
        • flash2, empty* – 944 kB (PSP-1000)
        • flash3, empty* – 880 kB (PSP-1000)
      • PSP-N1000: 16 GB total, 14.74 GB usable. Part of the internal storage is shared with System Software.
      • PSP-1000: 32 MB total, all of it used by the System Software.
      • PSP-2000/3000: 64 MB total, all of it used by the System Software.
    • Internal flash uses the FAT32 file system. Memory Stick media is compatible with both FAT and FAT32, although devices measuring 4 GB or more must use the FAT32 file system.
• Audio:
  • Built in Stereo Speakers
  • Built in Mono Speaker (PSP-E1000)
  • Built in Microphone
  • Powered by Media Engine Chip's embedded Virtual Mobile Engine (VME)
  • Multichannel Audio
  • 3D Sound
  • Synthesizer, Effector and Equalizer
  • ATRAC3 plus, AAC, WMA and MP3 support.
  • WMA support requires activation by accepting an end user licence agreement
• UMD (Universal Media Disc):
  • 60 mm Disc Diameter
  • 660 nm Laser Diode
  • Dual-Layer Storage Capacity of up to 1.8 GB
  • Transfer Rate of up to 11 Mbit/s (1.375 MB/s)
  • Read-Only
  • Shock-Resistant
  • Secure ROM by AES RSA Crypto System
  • Unique Disc IDs
  • Distribute System Software Updates
• Power:
  • 5 V DC @ 2000 mA from AC Adapter
  • 5 V DC from USB Charging Mode
  • 3.7 V Li-Ion Battery
    • Removable 1200 mAh
    • Removable 1800 mAh
    • 2200 mAh (Endurance Battery)
• PSP CPU Chip:
  • Sony CXD2962GG CPU
  • Based on MIPS R4000 32-bit Core
  • 90 nm Semiconductor CMOS Process
  • 1-333 MHz (set at 222 MHz by default) @ 1.2 V
  • 16 kB Instruction Cache / 16 kB Data Cache
  • SiP:
    • 32 MB eDRAM @ 2.6 Gbit/s
    • Embedded FPU
    • Embedded Vector FPU @ 3.2 GFLOPS
    • Embedded Graphics Core:
      • 1-166 MHz (set at 111 MHz by default) @ 1.2 V
      • 256-bit Bus at 5.3 Gbit/s
      • 2 MB eDRAM (VRAM)
      • 3D Curved Surface and 3D Polygon
      • Compressed Textures
      • Hardware Clipping, Morphing, Bone(8)
      • Hardware Tessellator Unit, 4 passes per cycle
      • Bézier surface, Bézier curve and B-Spline (NURBS)
      • 4×4, 16×16, 64×64 Subdivision
      • Rendering Engine and Surface Engine
      • Pixel Fill Rate: 600 Megapixels/s
      • Up to 33 Million Polygon/s (with Transform and Lighting)
      • 24-bit Full Color: RGBA
  • 128-bit Bus at 2.6 Gbit/s
  • 3D-CG Extended Instruction Set
• Media Engine Chip:
  • Sony CXD1876 CPU
  • Based on MIPS R4000 64-bit Core
  • 90 nm Semiconductor CMOS Process
  • 1-333 MHz (set at 222 MHz by default) @ 1.2 V
  • 16 kB Instruction Cache / 16 kB Data Cache
  • SiP:
    • 2 MB eDRAM @ 2.6 Gbit/s
    • Embedded Virtual Mobile Engine (VME) Sound Core
      • Reconfigurable DSP Engine
      • 1-166 MHz (set at 166 MHz by default) @ 1.2 V
      • 128-bit Bus
      • 24-bit Data Path
      • 5 giga operations/s
    • Embedded MPEG-4 (H.264/AVC) hardware decoder
    • Embedded FPU
  • 128-bit Bus @ 2.6 Gbit/s
• Memory:
  • Samsung K5E5658HCM-D060
  • Main Memory: 32 MB 333 MHz DDR SDRAM (64 MB)
  • 8 MB reserved for Kernel
• Integrated or Support Chips:
  • IDStorage Keys: stores screen brightness, volume, region, date, time and BIOS data also known as the Ipl
  • Tachyon: version information for CPU, Media Engine and Graphic Cores
  • Baryon: version information for the PSP's system control chip
  • Pommel: the PSP's GPIO and Watchdog
  • Kirk: the PSP's main encryption processor
  • Spock: secondary encryption processor, used to decrypt signed UMD data

Gallery

PSP-2000 redesign.

PSP-3000 redesign.

PSP-E1000 redesign.

PlayStation Portable Go.