PS2 Overview

This document, inspired by nocash's websites for various consoles, aims to be a comprehensive reference for the PlayStation 2 hardware. While it is far from complete, it is usable as a reference for what information is documented.

• PS2 Overview
• Memory Map
• I/O Maps
• DMA Controller (DMAC)
  • DMAC I/O
  • DMAC Chain Mode
  • DMAC MFIFO
  • DMAC Interrupts
• Emotion Engine (EE)
  • The EE Architecture
  • EE Registers
  • EE Instruction Decoding
  • EE RDRAM initialization
  • EE COP0 Registers
  • EE COP0 Exception Handling
  • EE COP0 Memory Management
  • EE COP0 Caches
  • EE COP0 Timer
  • EE COP1 Registers
  • EE COP1 Floating Point Format
  • EE Timers
• Graphics Interface (GIF)
  • GIF I/O
  • GIFtags
  • GIF Data Formats
  • GIF PATH3 Masking
• Graphics Synthesizer (GS)
  • GS Register List
  • GS Primitives
  • GS Vertex Attributes
  • GS Frame and Z Buffers
  • GS Transfers
  • GS Textures
  • GS Fog
  • GS Alpha Blending
  • GS Tests and Pixel Control
  • GS Special Effects and Optimizations
• IOP Hardware and Peripherals
  • IOP Interrupts
  • IOP DMA
  • IOP Timers
  • IOP Console
  • CDVD Driver
    • CDVD I/O Ports
    • CDVD N Commands
    • CDVD Reads and Seeks
    • CDVD S Commands
  • PS2 Serial Port (SIO2)
    • SIO2 Registers
    • SIO2 PS2 Memcards
    • SIO2 PS2 Memcard Filesystem
    • SIO2 Controller Commands
    • SIO2 Command Sequence
  • Sound Processing Unit (SPU2)
    • SPU2 AutoDMA
• Image Processing Unit (IPU)
  • IPU I/O Registers
  • IPU Commands
  • EE Interrupt Controller (INTC)
• Subsystem Interface (SIF)
• Vector Interface (VIF)
  • VIF Commands
  • VIF I/O Registers
  • VIF UNPACK
• Vector Unit (VU)
  • VU Architecture
  • VU Registers
  • VU Instruction Format and Decoding
  • VU Pipelining