主题：【注意】SONY的第三代Playstation出台，和微软的Xbox 2全面叫板 -- Highway

看样子，SONY是不会容忍微软觊觎它在游戏机市场上老大的地位的。在微软发布了Xbox 360没几天，SONY就发布了下一代Playstion（虽然真正出货要到2006年第二季度左右）。大概看了看它的性能参数，感觉非常牛掰。SONY号称比现在的Playstation快200倍，比现在市面上任何一款PC的游戏能力都要强大10倍。譬如它的CPU部分数据为： The PS3 uses a PowerPC-based Cell processor, a new chip that Sony says includes eight cores which are clocked at 3.2 GHz each.

While the actual capability of the PS3 and the Xbox 360 remain to be seen, the plain specs of both devices promise gamers a substantial game in processing, graphics and multimedia capabilities. The PS3 uses a PowerPC-based Cell processor, a new chip that Sony says includes eight cores which are clocked at 3.2 GHz each.

Nvidia delivers the graphics engine, codenamed "RSX". The chip is based on a 550 MHz GPU that offers 1.8 TFlops performance. RSX will support full HD support at 1080p in two channels and integrate 256 MByte GDDR3 memory at 700 MHz.

"RSX will be the most sophisticated graphics processor ever built, representing 1500 person-years of investment. When combined with Cell, it will provide an astounding two teraflops of floating point horsepower," said Jen-Hsun Huang, CEO of Nvidia. "A measure of the extraordinary processing power of RSX compared to current-generation game consoles is the numbers of transistors it will contain: 300 million."

The console receives 256 MByte of Rambus' new XDR memory that is clocked at 3.2 GHz. Total system performance is 2 TFlops, according to Sony.

Interfaces include six USB 2.0 ports, as well as slots for Memory Stick, SD and CompactFlash media and a detachable 2.5-inch harddrive. The console will support Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) and Bluetooth for up to seven wireless controllers.

Since the Playstation 3 is backwards compatible to the original Playstation, the disc drive can read CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, SACD, DVD, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R as well as the new Blu-ray format (BD-ROM, BD-R, BD-RE, BD-Video) that can store up to 54 GByte of data.

至于外形吗，看着比较Sleek。就个人感觉而言，比微软的Xbox2强一些。到底最后鹿死谁手，让我们拭目以待吧！