Flash (Hardware)

Flash

The PS3 uses a NOR interface from the South Bridge to address the main firmware flash. On NAND based consoles, it uses the Starship2 as an interleaving bridge chip to the two NAND flash, while on NOR based consoles the single NOR flash is connected directly to the South Bridge.

SKU Differentiation

For a difference between models, see SKU Models

Retail

Flash		FAT							SLIM								notes
		CECHA CECHB	CECHC CECHE	CECHE	CECHG	CECHH	CECHK	CECHL CECHM CECHP CECHQ	CECH-20xx	CECH-21xx	CECH-25xx	CECH-25xx	CECH-30xx	CECH-40xx	CECH-40xx	CECH-40xx '12GB' noHDD
		COK 001	COK 002	COK 002W	SEM 001	DIA 001	DIA 002	VER 001	DYN 001	SUR 001	JTP 001	JSD 001	KTE 001	MSX 001	MPX 001	MPX 001
NAND	2x Samsung K9F1G08U0A-PIB0	Yes	Yes	-	-	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	2x Samsung K9F1G08U0B-PIB0	-	-	-	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
NOR	1x Spansion S29GL128N90TFIR2	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	-	No
	1x Samsung K8Q2815UQB-PI4B	No	No	No	No	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	-	-	-	-	No
	1x Spansion S29GL128P90TFIR2	No	No	No	No	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	1x Samsung K8P2716UZC-QI4D	No	No	No	No	Yes	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes			No
	1x Macronix MX29GL128ELT2I-90G	No	No	No	No	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	-	Yes			No
	1x Macronix MX29GL128FLT2I-90G	No	No	No	No	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Yes	Yes	No
eMMC	1x Panasonic MN66840 + 1x Samsung KLMAG2GE4A-A001	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
connection type		NAND layout 1				NOR layout 1		NOR layout 2	NOR layout 3	NOR layout 4				NOR layout 5		eMMC layout

Non Retail

Reference Tool DECR1000A Communication Processor board : 1x Samsung K9F2G08U0M (NAND 1x2Gbit=256MB total)

Other Flash

Renesas HN58X2504TIE (EEPROM)

8-pin TSSOP
Renesas HN58X2504TIE

Note: although edepot&others lists it on the board, I can only find this IC in the sixaxis.
Datasheet

productcode meaning:
H - 
N - 
5 -
8 - Organisation : x8bit
X - 
2 - 
5 - 
0 - 
4 - Density : 4-kbit (512x8bit)
T - Package : 8pin plastic TSSOP (TTP-8DAV)
I - Temp : Industrial (-40 to +85 °C 
E - Environment : Lead Free

Each PS3 has a special EEPROM chip on the motherboard using a SPI Serial Interface Renasas chip.

Type	Size	Speed	Voltage	Packaging	Manufacturer	Serial Number	Description
EEPROM	4-kbit (512x8bit)	3MHz	1.8V to 5.5V	8-pin TSSOP	Renesas	HN58X2504TIE	PS3 EEPROM chip

Pin	Usage	Remarks
1	S	Chip Select
2	Q	Serial data output
3	W	Write Protect
4	VSS	Ground
5	D	Serial data input
6	C	Serial Clock
7	HOLD	Hold
8	VCC	Vcc (min 1.8V-max 5.5V)