The fastest end of the year! Sony PS5 core hardware exposure: 7nm Zen+Navi

Although the impact of Switch is not small, but with the sound performance of the PS4 is still the highest-selling products in the next-generation host.

For Sony, the secret R&D of the PS5 is definitely on the way.

According to SemiAccurate reports, Charlie Demerjian received a reliable message that some of the PS5 hardware has been confirmed.

Specifically, the PlayStation 5 will continue to cooperate with AMD in terms of CPU/GPU. However, the configuration is very aggressive. The CPU part is an 8-core Zen architecture. The GPU part is based on the unreleased Navi core (Cassiopesia) and GDDR6 memory.

Navi is based on 7nm products, so this whole semi-custom SoC is expected to be upgraded to 7nm process.

In terms of details, the PS5 will be optimized for VR content. Even more surprising, Demerjian emphasized that some development kits (original machines) have already arrived at the hands of core developers, which means that the release time of PS5 may be faster than expected. a lot of.

Demerjian guessed that the fastest 2018 Christmas or early 2019, PS5 will officially debut.

However, for the time, some industry players are cautiously optimistic. After all, the PS4 Pro was released in the fall of 2016 and should have at least a three-year lifetime.