The PV-1000 is powered by a Zilog Z80 CPU, with 2 KB RAM,[1] with 1 KB allocated as VRAM.[citation needed] It also has an additional 1 KB devoted to a character generator.[1] Graphics were provided by a Texas Instruments TMS9918, generating a 256x192 pixel resolution with 8 colours.[1] The console contains a NEC D65010G031 chip used to output video and sound. It had three square wave voices with 6 bits to control the period.[3]