# PlayStation Portable (PSP)

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**Created:** [December 29, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/97818 "2003-12-29T22:24:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mik3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@Mik3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mik3)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/playstation-portable-psp/97818/1 "2003-12-29T22:24:49Z")

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I think it looks sweet! (Sony seems to always have slick-design a must)

I think the games might be a little pricy (for a handheld).  
Instead of the nicly-priced $35 games for GBA

> **From IGN**  
> [size=1][PSP SPECS]

UMD(Universal Media Disc)  
60mm  
Laser Diode:660nm  
Dual Layer :1.8GB  
Transfer Rate:11Mbps  
Shock Proof  
Secure ROM by AES  
Unique Disc ID

PSP CPU CORE  
MIPS R4000 32bit Core  
128bit Bus  
1 - 333MHz @ 1.2V  
Main Memory :8MB(eDRAM)  
Bus Bandwidth :2.6GB/sec  
I-Cache, D-Cache  
FPU, VFPU (Vector Unit) @ 2.6GFlops  
3D-CG Extended Instructions

PSP Media Engine  
MIPS R4000 32bit Core  
128bit Bus  
1 - 333MHz @ 1.2V  
Sub Memory:2MB(eDRAM) @ 2.6GB/sec  
I-Cache, D-Cache  
90nm CMOS

PSP Graphics Core 1  
3D Curved Surface + 3D Polygon  
Compressed Texture  
Hardware Clipping, Morphing, Bone(8)  
Hardware Tessellator  
Bezier, B-Spline(NURBS)  
ex 4x4, 16x16, 64x64 sub-division

PSP Graphics Core 2  
‘Rendering Engine’ + ‘Surface Engine’  
256bit Bus, 1-166 MHz @ 1.2V  
VRAM :2MB(eDRAM)  
Bus Bandwidth :5.3GB/sec  
Pixel Fill Rate :664 M pixels/sec  
max 33 M polygon /sec(T&L)  
24bit Full Color:RGBA

PSP Sound Core: VME  
Reconfigurable DSPs  
128bit Bus  
166MHz @1.2V  
5 Giga Operations /sec  
CODEC  
3D Sound, Multi-Channel  
Synthesizer, Effecter, etc

AVC Decoder  
AVC(H.264) Decoder  
Main Profile  
Baseline Profile  
@Level1,Level2,Level3  
2Hours(High Quality) - DVD movie  
4Hours(Standard Quality) - CS Digital

I/O  
USB 2.0  
Memory Stick  
Extension Port(reserved)  
Stereo Head phone Out

Communication  
Wireless LAN (i802.11)  
IrDA  
USB 2.0  
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[Pictures from different sites]

[EDIT] I changed the pictures, these are the REAL and FINAL pictures of the PSP straight from E3 [/Edit]