Tweaked Sony’s PlayStation 5 could use a new AMD CPU for a new 6nm node from TSMC, which could be launched sometime later this year.
Sony is reportedly preparing a tweaked PlayStation 5 console, which will be launched sometime in 2023 and feature a tweaked, semi-custom AMD APU for the new 6nm node of TSMC.
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The new semi-custom APU will still feature the same Zen 2 CPU and RDNA 2 GPU nuclei as the PlayStation 5, but the TSMC will produce its new N6 (6nm) process compared to the N7 (7nm).
Digitimes are behind the report, which teases that Sony should not redesign the PS5’s physical look and style, but rather tweak inside the 6nm node by means of a system-on-chip. Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL), an ASE Technology Holding mission, and Tongfu Microelectronics continue their task of providing Sony’s assemply partners with the chip packaging services — yet nothing of the PS5 has been tweaked.
Now, how much more is the new 6nm process technology advanced? N6 is the development of TSMC’s 7nm node with the same rules of design. This means that companies (like Sony) are not finding it difficult to jump into the 6nm process and TSMC is pumping new chips for them.
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TSMC states that its new N6 manufacturing technology offers the same performance and power consumption 18 percent more logic density over the N7 process. TSMC says that N6 “takes advantage of new extreme UVL capabilities” that has been acquired through the N7+ system and enables developers of N6 chips to reuse the same design ecosystem.
It is perfect for Sony, because it saves them to re-tool anything like ‘hey TSMC, so this 6nm process… yea… can you guys, uh, build a half-custom PS5 APU?’ And Your Uncle’s Bob.
The new TSMC N6 process should be ready for mass production some time this year and could soon be incorporated into a number of tweaked next generation consoles in the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
