Introduction Usefull Links Specifications  Introduction:The Sony's Playstation 2 also known as PS2 or PSX2 is the second Sony's console. After the successful playstation 1, most gamers placed high expectations on this new system. So the emu fans. The first and current PS2 emulator is PCSX 2 and as for now, only runs a few public domain demos. Since the PS2 is a quite complex system, even for game developpers, man shall not expect decent commercial games emulation within a few years. And that is certainly good the way it is. |
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dev - PS2 developers tools and tutorials Data Rescue - *shrink* Netbsd - Some informations about the Toshiba R5900 processor PSX Fanatics - Nice and complete site providing with a lot of FAQs NgEMU - Neat and updated sites with tons of infos and PSX files |
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| CPU: |
• MIPS R5900 128 bit RISC processor (MIPS-IV subset) Clock- 294.912MHz Integer unit : 64 bit (2 ways superscalar) Mulitmedia extended instructions : 107 instructions at 128 bit width Integer General Purpose Register : 32 at 128 bit width TLB : 48 entries Instruction Cache - 16 KB (2 ways) Data Cache - 8 KB BUS - 132 MB/sec. • Co-processor1: FPU (FMAC x 1, FDIV x 1), Micro Memory (I:4KB D:4KB) • Co-processor2: VU0 (FMAC x 4, FDIV x 1), Micro Memory (I:4KB D:4KB) • Vector Processing Unit VU1 (FMAC x 5, FDIV x 2), Micro Memory (I:16KB D:16KB) |
| Memory: |
• RAM: 32 MB (direct RDRAM 2ch@800MHZ) Memory bandwidth : 3.2 GB/second • Video RAM: 4 MB of multi-port DRAM (Synced at 150MHz) |
| OS: |
??? |
| Graphics
Chip: |
• GS Core: Parallel Rendering Processor
with embedded DRAM Clock Frequency: 147.456MHz No. of Pixel Engines: 16 (in Parallel) Total Memory Bandwidth: 48 gigabytes per second Combined Internal Data Bus Bandwidth 2,560 bit : - Read: 1,024 bit - Write: 1,024 bit - Texture: 512 bit Display Color Depth: 32 bit (RGBA: 8 bits each) Z Buffering: 32 bit |
| Hardware
Effects: |
• Gfx Fx : Rendering Functions: - Texture Mapping, Bump Mapping, Fogging, Alpha Blending, Bi- and Tri-Linear Filtering, MIPMAP, Anti-aliasing, Multi-pass Rendering Rendering Performance : - Pixel Fill Rate: 2.4 giga pixel per second (with Z buffer and Alphablend enabled), 1.2 giga pixel per second (with Z buffer, Alpha and Texture) - Particle Drawing Rate: 150 million/second - Polygon Drawing Rate: 75 million/second (small polygon), 50 million/second (48 pixel quad with Z and A), 30 million/second (50 pixel triangle with Z and A), 25 million/second (48 pixel quad with Z, A and T) - Sprite Drawing Rate: 18.75 million (8 x 8 pixels) |
| Media: |
CDrom (24 times speed) and DVDrom drive (4 times
speed) |
| Sound: |
??? |
| Modem: |
Yes |
| Controller
& VMS: |
• Control Pad : Two "Dual Shock
2" analog controller connectors, expandable with multitap connector |
Introduction Usefull Links Specifications