Hardware Technologies for Game Platforms

Human-Computer Interface

• A piece of technology that is controlled by the use of a person
• Examples of this would be, Keyboards, Computer mice, Moblie phones etc

Central Processor Unit

• The CPU is the unit that processes data and how data travels 
• There are only tow brands of CPU's. The major two being Intel and AMD
• A minor brand of CPU is VIA Technologies
• The highest CPU frequency ever reached was 8794.33 MHz 

Graphic Processor

• The GPU is the device the accelerates the rate of rendering images 
• The two major makes of GPU's are Nvidia and AMD
• The GPU renders both 2D and 3D graphics

Memory

• The main use of memory is to store information of any device
• Different types of memory are RAM, SD, HDD, SDD and flash
• What RAM does is it is the place where when a computer is turned on 

Display

• There are multiple types of display models that game technologies can use
• Two of these being either built in external displays
• Internal displays are typically used by laptops, tablets and mobile phones.
• External displays can also be used by laptops but are used more by PC's
• Most displays are LCD or LED and have a resolution of 1080p

Sound

• Sound is made possible on game platforms by sound cards
• Unless you're deaf. Sound cards are a necessity
• The main function of a sound card is to play audio
• Most device nowadays have a sound card inside them.

Game Storage medium

• Typically most game platforms use a hard drive as its primary memory space 
• But devices like the iPhone use flash memory
• PC's can also use either Solid State Drives or Hard Drives
• For next gen consoles, whole games are saved on the Blu-ray disc format
• Also on any game platform, game save data is saved on its main memory space

Interface Devices

• Interface devices are external devices that can be used with a game platform
• Examples of this are controllers, keyboards, mice and head sets
• These are most commonly either wired or wireless
• Controllers are typically wireless with mice and keyboards being wired
• Most interface devices would connect via USB 

connectivity

• The most common type of connectivity for any electrical device is WI-FI
• Most devices such as mobile phones and laptop also feature bluetooth

Power Supply

• The power supply is simply, what gives different game platforms power
• Their are two types of battery in game platforms. Internal and External
• The PS2 doesn't feature a internal battery but has an external power supply
• But PC's feature a intenal power source