WYP
News Guru
TSMC is rumoured to be creating a new 7nm console chip. Is this a PS5 or a PS4 Pro Slim?
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TSMC is rumoured to be creating a new 7nm console chip
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NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
It's probably for next gen.
Personally I think a new Switch SoC is by far the most likely case given the ever growing list of unpatchable vulnerabilities found with the recycled/leftover Tegra X1's they've used for the original model. Nintendo didn't design the console with the likelihood of it being the runaway success that it is in mind and definitely prioritised low financial risk over the long term mass production economics, hence why the Switch was the first console in over a decade to use an of-the-shelf CPU/SoC.
Plus, dataminers have found mentions of support for a new SoC version T214(As opposed to the current T210) have been added to recent system updates-
http://switchbrew.org/index.php?title=5.0.0#System_Titles
And of course, a die shrink means better battery life, better thermals, lower costs, and possibly even the ability to run at docked-clocks/performance while in handheld mode(Possibly with a higher end 1080p "Switch+" at the Switch's launch price?).
Or, maybe the improved economics and performance of 7nm look to be so enticing that lower-cost/smaller variants of the Pro and maybe later the X(XS?) are also in the works, with their successors coming shortly at closer to previous Pro/X price points after as the technology and EUV in general matures a little.
Plus, dataminers have found mentions of support for a new SoC version T214(As opposed to the current T210) have been added to recent system updates-
http://switchbrew.org/index.php?title=5.0.0#System_Titles
And of course, a die shrink means better battery life, better thermals, lower costs, and possibly even the ability to run at docked-clocks/performance while in handheld mode(Possibly with a higher end 1080p "Switch+" at the Switch's launch price?).
Or, maybe the improved economics and performance of 7nm look to be so enticing that lower-cost/smaller variants of the Pro and maybe later the X(XS?) are also in the works, with their successors coming shortly at closer to previous Pro/X price points after as the technology and EUV in general matures a little.
