AMD’s Domination In Gaming Consoles Continues by New Zen/Vega Chip On A New Game-Console

AMD dominates gaming console world with its design of custom graphics/processors, GPUs that are powering the Xbox One X and PS4 Pro as well as their entry-level models, the Nintendo and the Atari. Now as the new step in keeping the market to itself, AMD is rolling out a new console designed APU with an AMD Zen chip with Vega graphics for a Chinese company.

Jack Huynh, corporate vice president and general manager of AMD’s semi-custom business, said in a post that AMD will make a system-on-chip that combines the processing power of its Ryzen microprocessors with Radeon graphics in a single chip. That semi-custom chip will be the brains of the new PC and console.

The new Zen-based system-on-a-chip that includes 3.0GHz quad-core CPU supported by 24 Vega compute units running at 1.3GHz. The chip also includes a 256-bit GDDR5  with  8GB of GDDR5 video memory built onto its supporting motherboard. This chip’s closest computer level hardware could be AMD Ryzen 7 2700U mobile APU. While the 2700U runs at a faster clocks, but features 14 fewer compute units attached to its Radeon RX Vega 10 graphics.

This new chip is made for Zhongshan Subor, a Chinese electronics firm, to develop a new gaming PC and console for the Chinese market. Seeing AMD Vega graphics in a console makes us wonder about what this could mean for the PS5 and Xbox Two.

Zhongshan Subor’s machine will be powered by a four-core, eight-thread Ryzen CPU running at 3 gigahertz with AMD Radeon Vega graphics with 24 units running at 1.3 gigahertz, and it is a fairl strong system comparing current consoles.

What we know now about Playstation 5  and its AMD Specs (PS5):

Q4 2020 is the most possible time for PS5 to come out and be ready to play. Sony releasing the PS5 outside of this Q4 window would be a big surprise, looking at the history of PS release dates. News that suggests sales of the PS4 are slowing does indicate that Sony might want to move slightly faster than we think to introduce the PS5. If Sony uses the APU AMD architecture that are mentioned in the reports in the PS5 (which is likely), there’s a decent chance that the machine will offer backwards compatibility with the PS4. As for offering the ability for the PS5 to play PS3 and older games.

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