Figures

PlayStation main memory: recorded figures
Metric Value Evidence Basis Method Source
Memory capacity memory 2 MiB Confirmed Vendor-rated Design capacity Stated by the vendor Main memory installed in the console. No TLB is fitted, so the physical map is fixed. The manual writes "2 MB", meaning 2 MiB. Video memory is a separate 1 MiB and is not part of this figure; the two are not one pool and adding them would describe memory the console cannot use interchangeably.

Derived comparisons

2 097 152 B

Formula
a + b + … sum v1
Inputs
  • psx-main-ram Memory capacity: 2 MiB
Rounding
none , 7 significant digits

Adds 1 memory-capacity figure obtained by design-capacity. Left out: 1 MiB (owned by the drawing processor and not part of the CPU’s working store). A total is only as trustworthy as the decision about what belongs in it, so both the terms and the exclusions are named records.

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