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The Kingdom of Termina - Playstation 2 VS. Nintendo Gamecube
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SONY PLAYSTATION 2
CPU: 128 Bit "Emotion Engine"
System Clock: 300 MHz
System Memory: 32 MB Direct Rambus
Memory Bus Bandwidth: 3.2 GB per second
Co-Processor: FPU (Floating Point Multiply Accumulator x 1, Floating Point Divider x 1)
Vector Units: VU0 and VU1 (Floating Point Multiply Accumulator x 9, Floating Point Divider x 1)
Floating Point Performance: 6.2 GFLOPS
3D CG Geometric Transformation: 66 million Polygons Per Second
Compressed Image Decoder: MPEG2
Graphics: "Graphics Synthesizer"
Clock Frequency: 150MHz
DRAM Bus bandwidth: 48 GB Per Second
DRAM Bus width: 2560 bits
Pixel Configuration: RGB:Alpha:Z Buffer (24:8:32)
Maximum Polygon Rate: 75 Million Polygons Per Second
Sound: "SPU2+CPU"
Number of voices: ADPCM: 48 channel on SPU2 plus definable by software
Sampling Frequency: 44.1 KHz or 48 KHz (selectable)
I/O Processor
CPU Core: Current PlayStation CPU
Clock Frequency: 33.8 MHz or 37.5 MHz (selectable)
Sub Bus: 32 Bit
Interface Types: IEEE1394, Universal Serial Bus (USB)
Communication via PC-Card PCMCIA
Disc Media: DVD-ROM (CD-ROM compatible)
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Nintendo Gamecube
MPU (Microprocessor Unit): IBM PowerPC "Gekko"
Manufacturing process: 0.18 Microns Copper Wire Technology
Clock frequency: 405mhz
CPU capacity: 925 Dmips (Dhrystone 2.1)
Internal data precision: 32bit & 64bit floating point
External bus bandwidth: 1.6GB/second (peak), (32bit address, 64bit data bus 202.5mhz)
Internal cache: L1: Instruction 32KB, Data 32KB (8 way), L2: 256KB (2 way)
System LSI: "Flipper"
Manufacturing process: 0.18 microns NEC Embedded DRA Process
Clock frequency: 202.5mhz
Embedded frame buffer: Approx. 2MB, Sustainable Latency: 5ns (1T-SRAM)
Embedded Texture Cache: Approx. 1MB, Sustainable Latency: 5ns (1T-SRAM)
Texture Read Bandwidth: 12.8GB/second (peak)
Main Memory Bandwidth: 3.2GB/second (peak)
Color, Z Buffer: Each is 24bits
Image Processing Function: Fog, subpixel anti-aliasing, HW light x8, alpha blending, virtual texture design, multi-texture mapping/bump/environment mapping, MIPMAP, bilinear filtering, real-time texture decompression (S3TC), etc.
Other: Real-time decompression of display list, HW motion compensation capability
The Gekko MPU integrates the PowerPC CPU into a custom game-centric chip.
(The following sound related functions are all incorporated into the system LSI)
Sound processor: Special 16bit DSP
Instruction memory: 8KB RAM + 8KB ROM
Data memory: 8KB RAM + 4KB ROM
Clock frequency: 101.25mhz
Minimum number of simultaneously produced sounds: ADPCM: 64ch
Sampling frequency: 48khz
System floating point arithmetic capability: 13.0GFLOPS (peak), (MPU, Geometry Engine, HW Lighting Total)
Actual display capability: 6 million to 12 million polygons per second (display capability assuming actual game with complexity model, texture, etc.)
System main memory: 24MB sustainable latency, (10ns or lower 1T-SRAM)
A-Memory: 16MB (100mhz DRAM)
Disc Drive: CAV (Constant Angular Velocity) system average access time 128ns, Data transfer speed: 16Mbpsto 25Mbps
Media: 8cm Nintendo Gamecube Disc based on Matsushita's optical disc technology – approximately 1.5GB capacity
Input: Controller port: x4, Digicard slot: x2, Analog AV output: x1, Digital AV output: x1, High-speed serial port: x2, High-speed parallel port: x1
Power supply: AC Adapter DC12V x 3.5A
Main unit dimensions: 150mm(W) x 110mm(H) x 161mm(D)
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