Editing Panasonic M2 (section)

==Technical specifications==
These refer to the cancelled video game console.
*[[Central processing unit]] – Dual 66&nbsp;MHz [[PowerPC 600#PowerPC 602|PowerPC 602]]<ref name=EGM71/><ref name=NGen30/>
**Implements the [[32-bit computing|32-bit]] [[PowerPC]] [[Reduced instruction set computer|RISC]] instruction set architecture
**[[PowerPC]] CPU designed for [[consumer electronics]] applications
**1.2 [[watt]]s power usage each
**32-bit [[Processor register|general purpose register]]s and [[Arithmetic logic unit|ALU]]
**33&nbsp;MHz 64-bit multiplexed address and data bus
**4 [[KiB]] data and instruction [[CPU cache|caches]] (Level 1). No Level 2 cache
**1 integer unit, 1 [[floating point unit]], no branch processing unit, 1 load/store unit
**[[SPECint]]92 rating of 40 each, approximately 70 [[Instructions per second|MIPS]] each.
**1 million [[transistor]]s manufactured on a 0.50 [[micrometre]] [[CMOS]] process
*Custom [[Application-specific integrated circuit|ASIC]]s cohabiting on the motherboard<ref name=NGen6>{{cite magazine|title=M2 |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=6|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=June 1995|pages=36–40}}</ref>
**BDA:
***Memory control, system control, and video/graphic control<ref name=NGen26>{{cite magazine|title=World Exclusive: M2 Specs Revealed|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |issue=26|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=February 1997|pages=16–17}}</ref>
***Full triangle renderer including setup engine, [[MPEG-1]] decoder hardware, DSP for audio and various kinds of [[direct memory access|DMA]] control and port access<ref name="NGen26"/>
***Random access of [[frame buffer]] and [[Z-buffering|z-buffer]] (actually [[w-buffer]]) possible at the same time<ref name=NGen26/>
**CDE:
***Power bus connected to BDA and the two CPUs<ref name=NGen26/>
***"bio-bus" used as a low-speed bus for peripheral hardware<ref name=NGen26/>
*Renderer capabilities:
**1 million un-textured [[triangle]]s/s geometry rate<ref name=NGen6/>
**100 million [[pixel]]s/s fill rate<ref name="GPro82">{{cite magazine|title=3DO's M2 Technology|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=82|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=July 1995|page=16}}</ref>
**reportedly 700,000 textured polygons/second without gouraud shading or additional effects
**reportedly 500,000 textured polygons/second with gouraud shading, lighting and effects<ref name=NGen26/>
**shading: [[flat shading]] and [[gouraud shading]]
**[[texture mapping]]
**decal, modulation blending, tiling (16k/128k texture buffer built-in)<ref name=NGen26/>
**hardware [[Z-buffering|z-buffer]] ([[16-bit computing|16-bit]]) (actually a block floating point with multiple (4) range [[w-buffer]])
**object-based [[full-scene anti-aliasing]]
**[[alpha channel]] ([[4-bit computing|4-bit]] or 7-bit)<ref name=NGen26/>
**256x224 to 640x480 resolution at [[24-bit color]]<ref name="EGM71"/>
*Sound hardware – 16-bit 32-channel [[digital signal processor|DSP]] at 66&nbsp;MHz (within BDA chip)<ref name="NGen12"/>
*Media – Quad-speed [[CD-ROM]] drive (600 [[kilobyte|KB]]/s)<ref name="EGM87"/>
*[[Random-access memory|RAM]] – Unified memory subsystem with 8 [[Mebibyte|MiB]]
**[[64-bit computing|64-bit]] bus resulting in peak 528 MB/s bandwidth<ref name="GPro82"/>
**Average access 400 MB/s<ref name=NGen30>{{cite magazine |title=Matsushita M2: Hit or Myth? |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |issue=30|publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=June 1997|pages=62–63 |url=https://archive.org/stream/NextGeneration30Jun1997/Next_Generation_30_Jun_1997#page/n63}}</ref>
*[[Full Motion Video]] – [[MPEG-1]]<ref name="EGM71"/>
*Writable Storage – [[Memory card]]s from 128 KiB to 32 MiB
*Expansion Capabilities – 1 [[PC card|PCMCIA]] port (potentially used for [[modem]]s, [[Ethernet NIC]]s, etc.)<ref name=NGen26/>