bitbydeath
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Seems we’re going to get PS5 teases all year long.
Further rumour of potential specs-
https://semiaccurate.com/2018/04/03/semiacccurate-gets-playstation-5next-details/
MOD EDIT
Kotaku article on this being unlikely to be soon.
7nm chips moving to mass production
https://www.psu.com/news/ps5-progress-may-be-boosted-with-top-news-from-chip-manufacturer/
Further rumour of potential specs-
Quick Summary of Playstation 5 article:
-Uses AMD's Navi as its base architecture, not specifically using Navi.
-CPU is custom Zen
-Large amount of devkits have apparently gone out.
-Author suggests 2018 release of PS5 is not out of the question based on the amount of devkits released
-VR "goodies" baked in at the Silicon level.
More info, from digging all around:
- Not simply Zen based, but still 8 core (!)
- "Navi based microarchitecture" might be in line with how Pro has "Vega microarchitecture" a feature or two
- Navi based GPUs poised to strike Q4/2018 (yeeehaaaa if true, very unexpected)
- Speculates Q4/2018 or Q1/2019 PS5 launch
I think we can now speak with good certainty that PS5 devkits are indeed out.
Semiaccurate's history looks quite good on console front, nailed it with Switch, as well as final PS4 specs before the release.
https://semiaccurate.com/2018/04/03/semiacccurate-gets-playstation-5next-details/
MOD EDIT
Kotaku article on this being unlikely to be soon.
7nm chips moving to mass production
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has started high volume production of chips using the 7nm process technology.
The fact that these chips are now being created in ‘high volume’ suggests that they’ve got big buyer ready to snap them up!
There’s further clues that these are the chips being used for PS5. In a financial conference call, President of TMCS C. C. Wei mentions “gaming”
This may well be AMD’s next generation of graphics chips called Navi, and it’s rumoured that the PS4 CPU will be powered by AMD’s Zen 2.
https://www.psu.com/news/ps5-progress-may-be-boosted-with-top-news-from-chip-manufacturer/
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