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PSP components codenames are mosly based on Star Trek whilst PSP mdoel revisions are based on The Lord of the Rings.
Star Trek
- Tachyon: SoC
- Allegrex: main CPU
- Baryon: system controller (Syscon)
- Pommel: Power Control IC. A DC-DC converter controlled by Baryon.
- Lepton: Mechacon UMD Controller IC. A Sony custom-made LSI which holds the optical media DSP and CPU, the ATAPI interface, 480KB DRAM read buffer, and (at least) 384KB Flash ROM for firmware.
- Spock: hardware crypto engine responsible for the raw sector level decryption of UMDs. Named after Captain Spock of Star Trek.
- Kirk: crypto processor
- Gluon: likely the UMD laser Radio Frequency amplifier
- Magpie: PSP Fat Wireless communication module
- Voyager: PSP Slim Wireless communication module. Named after the Starfleet vessel of Star Trek.
- Hibari: PSP Slim LCD Controller IC. Means "Skylark" in Japanese.
The Lord of the Rings
- Legolas: PSP First Series with TA-082, TA-086 motherboard
- Frodo: PSP Slim & Lite with TA-085, TA-088, TA-090 motherboard
- Samwise: PSP Brite with TA-090, TA-092, TA-093, TA-095 motherboard
- Strider: PSP Go with TA-091, TA-094 motherboard
- Bilbo: PSP Street with TA-096, TA-097 motherboard
Other
- First: PSP First Series with TA-079, TA-081 motherboard
- ME: Media Engine
- XMB: Cross Media Bar
To merge from: Silverspring's glossary