PlayStation Portable - Technical Specifications

Technical Specifications

The following Technical Specifications apply to all PSPs unless noted for a specific PSP series: Very detailed hardware differences available at PSP Secrets.

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

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