page_title: PlayStation (console)
section_title: Technical specifications
hierarchical_section_title: PlayStation (console) / Hardware / Technical specifications
context_page_description: The PlayStation is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released on 3 December 1994 in Japan, on 9 September 1995 in North America, on 29 September 1995 in Europe, and on 15 November 1995 in Australia, and was the first of the PlayStation lineup of video game consoles. As a fifth generation console, the PlayStation primarily competed with the Nintendo 64 and the Sega Saturn.
  The PlayStation was the first "computer entertainment platform" to ship over 100 million units, which it had reached nine years after its initial launch. In July 2000, a redesigned, slim version called the PS one was released, replacing the original grey console and named appropriately to avoid confusion with its successor, the PlayStation 2.
  The PlayStation 2, which is backwards compatible with the PlayStation's DualShock controller and games, was announced in 1999 and launched in 2000. The last PS one units were sold in late 2006 to early 2007 shortly after it was officially discontinued, for a total of 102 million units shipped since its launch eleven years earlier.
context_section_description: CPU: 32-bit RISC MIPS R3000A-compatible MIPS R3051 (33.8688 MHz)
  MDEC (motion decoder) for FMV playback
  RAM: 2 MB main, 1 MB video
  Graphics: GPU and Geometry Transformation Engine (GTE), with 2D rotation, scaling (2.5D), transparency and fading, and 3D affine texture mapping and shading
  Colors: 16.7 million (True Color)
  Sprites: 4,000
  Polygons: 180,000 per second (textured), 360,000 per second (flat-shaded)
  Resolution: 256×224 to 640×480 pixels (480i)
  Sound: 16-bit, 24 channel ADPCM
caption: The GPU CXD8561CQ (SCPH-9000 version)
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