Recent Rumors Suggest PlayStation 5 (PS5) is Going to Use next gen 7nm AMD Navi | Navi 12 or Navi 20?

The PS 5 is Rumored to Come out Sometime After 2020

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Its that time of year again. Rumors have started coming out about Sony’s next-gen console the PS 5. According to the latest rumors, the PlayStation 5 or the PS 5 is going to be the most powerful console of all time thanks to its Ryzen CPU and AMD Navi GPU. Sony has already confirmed that they are going to release a next-generation of gaming consoles. Sony’s CEO Kenichiro Yoshida said, “At this point, what I can say is it’s necessary to have a next-generation hardware.” 

AMD to Release Two Different AMD Navi GPU Series, Which Will Sony Use?

According to the latest rumors, AMD is going to release two AMD Navi series. First, they are going to release AMD Navi 12 in 1H 2019. Navi 12 is expected to perform similarly to Vega 64. Later, they are going to release Navi 20 sometime in 2020-2021. Navi 20 is going to be the true competitor for the high-end Nvidia RTX GPUs. Right now, we don’t know if the PS 5 is going to feature Navi 12 or Navi 20 but, we could easily make a guess. The PS 5 is likely going to feature Navi 12 as Navi 20 will simply be too expensive for a $400 gaming console.

PS 5 to Feature AMD Ryzen CPU

Thanks to recent rumors, we know that someone at Sony is working with AMD Ryzen technology. 

“A principal programmer at Sony associated with the firm’s Advanced Technology Group is working with AMD’s Ryzen technology, improving the Zen core’s micro-architecture support within the LLVM compiler stack – a key component of a tool used in the PlayStation 4 development environment. Of course, there is no PS4 product using the Ryzen processor, leading to speculation that this is related to a prospective next-gen PlayStation 5 console currently in development.

The evidence – unearthed by Linux-specialist site Phoronix – shows the highly experienced Sony programmer making a number of commits to the LLVM github over the last few weeks, all of them related to the “znver1″ architecture, the codename for AMD’s first generation Ryzen processors. On top of that, information on LinkedIn confirms the staffer’s involvement in compiler development for PlayStation hardware. Game credits in Media Molecule’s Tearaway and Evolution Studios’ DriveClub confirm that the developer is also a part of Sony’s Advanced Technology Group, which serves a number of roles in the Sony organisation.”

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