Sony works with amd to develop navi for playstation 5

Xbox One and PlayStation 4 have successfully implemented AMD hardware, a situation that led Microsoft and Sony to once again rely on Sunnyvale for their next generation of consoles. Sony is working closely with AMD on developing the Navi architecture, an important clue to what awaits us on the PlayStation 5.

PlayStation 5 will use AMD Navi graphics architecture, aims to offer a 4K and 60 FPS experience

The current Xbox One and PlayStation 4 are based on semi-custom chips from AMD, a situation that will be repeated in the next generation due to the great success in the market of both consoles that even go so far as to offer 4K resolutions in some games in their vitaminized versions. PlayStation 5 should be the first to arrive of the new generation, it is expected to land on the market around 2020, when the manufacturing process at 7 nm will be very mature to be able to economically manufacture a large amount of silicon.

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AMD will supply a semi-custom SoC to Sony for its next console, a chip that will feature a graphics processor based on the Navi architecture and a main processor based on the Zen architecture. According to Tweaktown, Sony is working closely with AMD for development. of the Navi architecture, with the aim of achieving 4K resolution at 60 FPS, since 4K televisions will be very popular in 2020.

This new chip will be a breakthrough compared to the current PS4 design, based on the Polaris graphics architecture and the Jaguar processor architecture. The advance will be especially significant in the part of the processor, the great weak point of the current consoles.

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