In Cold Blood
Banned
As always, every new console is tempered by two things, cost and heat.
To continue the march forward in gains, we rely on node shrinks in the main to keep heat and costs down.
In November 2027, where would we be with realistic node shrinks that would be cost efficient to use in a console, and how many more Compute Units would that node be able to house keeping it in the same neighbourhood as current console APU.
The thing I see is that node shrinks are slowing down, and the cost is going up, which is a big change from what the consoles have relied on historically.
However, I think there is the ability for the consoles to be more expensive and still not hurt sales. The PS5 going up $50 hasn't hurt it at all, and with inflation I think we could easily put $100 more on the cost of a console.
But again, the issue with just saying have a bigger chip, both companies really want to come in with relatively low power draws to look all green, which I think will be helped a little by lower power draws from the SSD, RAM and the disc drives being removed from the next generation of consoles.
However, it might not be enough.
Where will we be in 2027?
To continue the march forward in gains, we rely on node shrinks in the main to keep heat and costs down.
In November 2027, where would we be with realistic node shrinks that would be cost efficient to use in a console, and how many more Compute Units would that node be able to house keeping it in the same neighbourhood as current console APU.
The thing I see is that node shrinks are slowing down, and the cost is going up, which is a big change from what the consoles have relied on historically.
However, I think there is the ability for the consoles to be more expensive and still not hurt sales. The PS5 going up $50 hasn't hurt it at all, and with inflation I think we could easily put $100 more on the cost of a console.
But again, the issue with just saying have a bigger chip, both companies really want to come in with relatively low power draws to look all green, which I think will be helped a little by lower power draws from the SSD, RAM and the disc drives being removed from the next generation of consoles.
However, it might not be enough.
Where will we be in 2027?
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