So, the Sony PSP. Whats its all about?

The Sony PSP, or the Sony Playstation Portable to give it its full title, is a handheld multimedia device that can play games, music, movies, be used to suf the web via a wi-fi connection, and generally an all round gadget freaks best friend.

At around 17cm long, the Sony PSP fits comfortably in your hands, and has controls similar to those of the Playstation 1 and 2′s controllers, built on either side of the 480px wide screen.

The full specification of the PSP is as follows -

• CPU Type: MIPS R4000 32bit Core with FPU and VFPU (Vector Unit)
• Fabrication Process: 90nm
• Clock Frequency: Dynamically Changes between 1 – 333MHz
• Operating Voltage: Dynamically Changes between 0.8v – 1.2v
• eDRAM: 4MB (2MB for Main CPU and 2MB for Media Processing Engine)
• Media Processing Engine: H.264 Codec Engine (Video Accelerator)
• Virual Mobile Engine: Reconfigurable A/V Decode Processor (Clockspeed of 166MHz)
• System Memory: 32MB
• System Memory Bandwidth: 2.6Gig/sec
• 3D Graphics: Rendering Engine and Surface Engine
• Fabrication Process: 90nm
• Clockspeed: 166MHz
• VRAM: 2MB eDRAM (512bit)
• Fill Rrate: 664M Pixel/sec
• Polygon Rate: 35Million Poly/sec
• Video Memory Bandwidth: 10.6Gig/sec
• Size: 170mm x 74mm x 23mm
• Weight: 260g (with battery)
• Screen: 4.3″, 16:9 LCD with a 480 x 272 resolution (16.77 million colors)
• Optical Drive: Universal Media Disc (UMD)
• Capacity: 1.8GB
• Transfer Rate: 11Mbps
• Size: 60mm
• 802.11b (Wi-Fi)
• IrDA (infra-red)
• USB2.0
• Memory Stick Duo (PRO Duo) Port
• Power Adapter/Recharge Terminal
• Headphone Jack (which has ports for audio controller and microphone)

As you can see, the PSP has an excellent set of components making up its core processing power, and is one of the reasons why the PSP has become so popular so quickly as an excellent portable multimedia entertainment center.