OFFICIAL: Entry Level PlayStation Specifications

Of course, you were wondering exactly what makes up the new, cut-down, 40Gb PlayStation. Well, Sony's also sent along the specifications. Feast your technical-eyes on the following:

PLAYSTATION3 40GB Specification
Product name PLAYSTATION3
CPU Cell Broadband Engine Processor
GPU RSX
Sound Dolby 5.1ch, DTS 5.1ch , LPCM 7.1ch, AAC, others ^{†1 †2}
Memory 256MB XDR Main RAM, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM
HDD 2.5" Serial ATA 40GB
I/O USB 2.0 x2
Communication Ethernet x1 (10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T)
IEEE 802.11 b/g Included
Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR) Included
Wireless controller (Bluetooth) Included
AV Output
Screen size 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
HDMI OUT x1 ^†3
AV MULTI OUT x1
DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x1
BD/DVD/CD Drive
(Read Only) Maximum Read Speed BD 2x (BD-ROM)
DVD 8x (DVD-ROM)
CD 24x (CD-ROM)
Dimensions Approximately 325mm (W) x 98mm (H) x 274mm (D)
Weight Approximately 5 kg

^†1A device compatible with Linear PCM 7.1 Ch. is required to output 7.1 Ch. audio, supported by Dolby TrueHD or a similar format, from the HDMI OUT connector.
^†2This system does not support output from the DTS-HD 7.1 Ch. DTS-HD 7.1 Ch. audio is output from a 5.1 or lower channel.
^†3 "Deep Color" and "x.v.Color (xvYCC)" defined by HDMI ver1.3a are supported.