Graphics Synthesizer

Overview

The first revision released, CXD2934GB, is known to have been manufactured using a 180 nm process and to consume 19 W of power (calculated from the official information that the initially released Emotion Engine consumed 18 W of power and that EE and GS together initially consumed 37 W of power).

There have been die-shrinks and optimizations over the years.

Revisions

• 0.8: CXD2934GB
  • 180 nm process, 188 mm² die size
  • metal IHS
  • Copyright date: 1999
  • Used on motherboards: GH-001, GH-003, GH-005, GH-007, GH-012, GH-014, GH-016
• 1.5: CXD2944GB
  • 108 mm² die size
  • plastic case
  • Copyright date: 2000
  • Used on motherboards: GH-004, GH-006, GH-008, GH-010, GH-013
• 1.9: CXD2949GB / (reported as CXD2949BGB in PS2ident)
  • 96 mm² die size
  • Copyright date: 2001
  • Used on motherboards: GH-015 - GH-023
• 1.11: CXD2949CGB
  • 83 mm² die size
  • Copyright date: 2002
  • Used on motherboards: GH-023 - ?
• 1.11: CXD2949DGB
  • 73 mm² die size
  • Copyright date: 2003
  • Used on motherboards: ? - GH-032-54 - ?
• CXD2972GB
  • Copyright date: 2006
  • Used on motherboards: PlayStation 3 COK-002
• 1.15: CXD2980GB
  • GS was made dedicated again after combining EE with RDRAM, IOP and other components instead, has no cooling at all besides airflow
  • Used on motherboards: GH-061-12 - GH-072-42, thus used in every 79XXX and 90XXX slim PS2
• CXD2980BGB
  • Copyright date: 2007
  • Used on motherboards:
• 1.14: CXD2980CGB
  • Used on motherboards: