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The Cell Broadband Engine consists of a 3.2 GHz Power Processing Element (PPE) and seven Synergistic Processing Elements (SPE),<ref group=NN2>You might see listings of eight SPEs, but that's because there are eight on the die; one of them is disabled to prevent the manufacturer from yielding too many bad units. Another SPE is reserved for the console's operating system.</ref> and the system contains 256 MBs of XDR DRAM main memory at 3.2 GHz and 256 MBs of GDDR3 video memory at 650 MHz for the Nvidia/SCEI RSX Reality Synthesizer GPU. The GPU ran at 500 MHz and has to communicate forth and back with both RAMs. The complexity of the SPEs bogged down the PlayStation 3 in multi-platform titles, as developers had to go through the process of learning the SPE architecture before they could use it. As a result, several developers decided against using the SPEs, and the consequence is that many multi-platform games ran with lower framerates or worse graphics compared to running those same games on the PS3's competitors.

The number of units sold worldwide was about the same as the Xbox 360. The PlayStation 3 initially included a feature called OtherOS,<ref group=NN2>Which allowed the console to run many distributions of Linux and BSD in a separate partition as long as they supported PowerPC.</ref> but once it was removed shortly after the PS3 Slim model was released citing "security concerns", fail0verflow had a jailbreak detailed in 2010, giving way for [[PS3 Modding|modders to downgrade firmware on a specific version]] and install a custom firmware, something Sony would patch in newer updates until an exploit was released for 4.82. Emulation only started gaining traction in the late 2010s, as [[RPCS3]] had made strides in improving its largely HLE-based emulation. It has since become the emulator of choice.

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|[https://rpcs3.net/download Nightly]</br>[https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/releases {{RPCS3Ver}}]<ref groupabbr title=N2>"The developers are currently treating version increments as milestones, not as stables.">{{RPCS3Ver}}</refabbr>]|{{~}}<ref group=N>[https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen%2Bclosed+Namco+System+ *Partially supported at the moment].</ref>|{{~}}<ref group=N>[https://twitter.com/rpcs3/status/1125179092507201537?lang=en RPCS3 supports Sony's PS1emu as of today. PS2emu is not yet supported.]Both these emulators are present in the PS3 Firmware for backwards compatibility.</ref>|{{✗✓}}<ref group=N>[https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/issues/11575 *Feature Request: XLink Kai support]. for more info: https://teamxlink.co.uk/wiki/Changelog</ref>|{{~}}<ref group=N3N>Netplay in RPCS3 was introduced by GalCiv, who developed [https://wiki.rpcs3.net/index.php?title=Help:Netplay RPCN], (an open-source server that emulates the '''P2P match-making''' done on the PlayStation 3). RPCN can also be used to '''communicate with [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wn2EkQj_bZpgrT-xiDbqHkx91jcCHn34nXkl2Sv0GOs/edit#gid=0 private servers ] for games that require a dedicated server''' for multiplayer features. In this regard, '''games that require a custom server will not work unless a fan-made, [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wn2EkQj_bZpgrT-xiDbqHkx91jcCHn34nXkl2Sv0GOs/edit#gid=0 private server ] is created'''. This is outside the scope of the emulator and will have to be developed by the community.<br />''':Beyond this there is a project called [https://github.com/DestinationHome/Destination-Home-Online Destination Home]''': ; a preservation team dedicated to restoring '''PlayStation Home's original online functionality & and network services''', but progress is heavily reliant on the development of [https://wiki.rpcs3.net/index.php?title=Help:Netplay RPCN - the emulated version of PSN used by RPCS3 - ]; as key networking functionality is yet to be implemented.</ref>|{{✓}}<ref group=N>Perfect support for [https://wiki.rpcs3.net/index.php?title=Help:Controller_Configuration#Using_DualShock_3_controller DualShock 3] controller which works with [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Controller:DualShock_3#Wired_connection_-_official_drivers Official Sony driver] and [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Controller:DualShock_3#Wired_connection_-_unofficial_drivers DsHidMini community driver]. Emulator allows to assign one key to change pressure sensitivity. It's possible to have more variants with [https://www.rewasd.com/releases/release-6.3.0 reWASD application] which allows to assign keys or gamepad buttons to [https://help.rewasd.com/basic-functions/virtual-controller.html Virtual DualShock 3]. Emulator supports DualShock 2, but only with special adapter emulating DualShock 3, RPCS3 does not support [https://bliss-box.net/integration/ Bliss-Box API]. Other controllers with pressure-sensitive buttons like [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Controller:Xbox_Controller#Games_with_pressure_sensitive_face_buttons Xbox controller] or Steam Deck touchpads are not supported.</ref>

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;[[RPCS3]] <small class="plainlinks" style="font-weight:normal;">([https://rpcs3.net/compatibility compatibilityCompatibility]) ([https://wiki.rpcs3.net/index.php?title=RPCN_Compatibility_List serversRPCN], [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Xp-662d12W13CZSzSiaBfB4BHwU2PyOFMdp_W4sA5Bo/edit#gid=0 serversRPCN#2], [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Wn2EkQj_bZpgrT-xiDbqHkx91jcCHn34nXkl2Sv0GOs/edit#gid=0 private Private/Custom servers])</small>:An open-source emulator for 64-bit Windows, GNU/Linux, BSD and macOS. While it isn't anywhere near as compatible as [[Dolphin]] is for [[GameCube emulators|GameCube]] or Wii, it has still made immense progress compared to its early days, when development was slow and seemed like it wasn't really going anywhere. As of January 1 February 2023: 2329 2517 titles (6867.4873%) can be completed with playable performance and no game breaking glitches; an additional 985 1091 titles (2829.9636%) either can't be finished, have serious glitches or have insufficient performance; and the remaining 87 annother 98 titles (2.5688%) display image but don't make it past the menus; and 1 title (0. That being said03%) displays a blank screen with a framerate on the window's title. As of now, all known titles now load, and initialize properly, and display image output, without crashing the emulator.<ref nameBeyond this, [[RPCS3]] supports some system features like [https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/issues?q="Milestone">is%3Aopen%2Bclosed+label%3AVSH+ XMB & XrossMediaBar] (partially at the moment), [https://olden.redditwikipedia.comorg/rwiki/emulationList_of_PlayStation_applications PSN applications] like [https:/comments/zv799gwww.youtube.com/rpcs3_loadable_compatibility_status_reaches_0watch?v=YKkiI_RlmPc Netflix] etc., Peripherals ([[#PlayStation_Move|PSEye]], Buzz! controller, DJ Hero turntable etc.) emulation and [[#PlayStation_Move|PSMove]] (via Mouse), Achievements/</ref> Trophies simulation. As of April 13, 2022, builds for macOS have started being officially distributed for Intel and ARM Macs.<!-- RPCS3 runs on Rosetta for Macs with M-series processors, while Intel Macs run the application natively. --> <ref>https://twitter.com/rpcs3/status/1514302544750780417?s=20&t=e1g7-9NzgIehtodHmXYytQ</ref>

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