DEM-3000

The abbrevation "DEM" most probably corresponds to Developer Experience/Engineering Model and was used for Prototypes of Vita Development Kits with the model/generation identifier 3000. (Just like DEM-1000 was for PlayStation Portable Development Prototypes!) Why they skipped the 2000, especially since the Vita was even internally named PSP2, remains unknown though.

The tailing letters like Gxx/Hxx/Kxx/Lxx etc, describe the revision followed by the 4th & 3rd digit of the serial number. The only exception makes the DEM-3000JEC which exists multiple times alongside each model after the Slider Design. Its generation can be identified by the seventh serial digit.

Early Prototypes were first given to bigger studios around late 2010 for them to getting to know the system and start developing. These units were quite fragile and had several issues like overheating so that Sony soon after dropped the PSPGo style slider design for a unibody with the DEM-3000K.

Revisions

Model	Date	Stage	Serial	Modelcode	SubCode	Motherboard	CP Board	SMI String
DEM-3000G	2010	"DVT1"	6XYZZZZ	00-TG930YXK	0x3	IRT-001 #02	GCP-001 #02	n/a
DEM-3000H	2010	"DVT2"	6XYZZZZ	00-TG940YXK	0x5	IRT-001 #04	GCP-001 #02	0001,0012,0012,0001,0001,2,1,1,1,00.945_20110119_01_E,0.0.4.0_20101207_01_E
DEM-3000K		"New EVT"	7XYZZZZ	00-TG9A0YXK	0x9	IRT-002 #03	GCP-002 #02
DEM-3000JEC			7XXXXXX
DEM-3000L		"NEW DVT1"	8XYZZZZ	00-TG9B0YXK	0xB	IRT-002 #06	GCP-002 #03	0001,0030,0032,0001,0001,2,1,1,1,00.995_20110606_01_E,0.1.3.0_20110525_01_E,1
DEM-3000JEC			8XXXXXX
DEM-3000P	2011-08	"NEW DVT2"	9XYZZZZ	00-TG9C0YXK		IRT-002 #06/07	GCP-002 #07
DEM-3000JEC			9XYZZZZ	00-TG9C0YXK
DEM-3000R
DEM-3000JEC	2011-09	"PVT"	02XXXXX	00-TG9D000K	0xF	IRT-002 #10	GCP-002 #10	0001,0044,0048,0001,0001,2,1,1,1,01.000_20110930_01_E/devtool,0.1.8.0_20110920_01_E,1

X Area 0 JP 1 US 2 ASIA 4 EU

Y Color 0 Black

Serial

A B C Z Z Z Z
│ │ └ Color? (always 0 since all are black)
│ └ Target Area
└ Generation