Custom AMD APU silicon previously touted as the early spec for the PlayStation 5 has resurfaced on-line. The AMD APU first appeared again in January – its specs checklist decoded from a jumbled alphanumeric string – and it gave the impression to be within the very early phases of growth. But the latest leak exhibits the purple group has made progress on the Zen/Navi chip.
The first string we received our arms on was 2G16002CE8JA2_32/10/10_13E9. This confirmed a CPU with eight bodily cores, a 3.2GHz increase clock, and a PCI-ID reportedly that of an AMD Navi 10Lite GPU. We couldn’t affirm whether or not the structure used inside the CPU was Zen+ or Zen 2, however it was suspected to be the previous because of the numeral representing the cache dimension. Either approach the silicon seemed to be much more highly effective than the Jaguar cores the PS4 Pro is presently rocking.
The newest code is ZG16702AE8JB2_32/10/18_13F8, which we will decode considerably with MoePC’s decoder. The “Z” at first would suggest this chip is inching nearer to a finalised product. And it appears like most of the specs have remained unchanged, akin to eight bodily cores and a lift clockspeed of three.2GHz. There have been some additional modifications to the ID, akin to stepping seemingly growing from “A2” to “B2”, which may affirm additional progress has been made on the chip.
The code was noticed by TUM_APISAK, who was additionally answerable for digging up the earlier AMD codename.
AMD Gonzalo
ZG16702AE8JB2_32/10/18_13F8
— APISAK (@TUM_APISAK) April 10, 2019
There are nonetheless many unknowns, nevertheless, and TDP, base clock, and GPU clocks stay murky. The codes don’t explicitly observe a precise sample each time, as this usually varies by revision and the way far alongside the event cycle every chip is.
The earlier PCIe ID, “13E9”, has additionally been revised to “13F8”, anticipated to be an iteration on the earlier Navi 10Lite GPU. The “10” earlier to the PCIe ID was anticipated to be the clockspeed for the GPU, score it at a fairly quick 1GHz. However, the newest code at “18”, or 1.8GHz, could be immensely quick APU graphics silicon. The GPU inside the PS4 Pro runs at simply 911MHz right now. So there goes that concept in the meanwhile.
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It has additionally been speculated that this chip might be that of Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox. After all, each Sony and Microsoft consoles presently utilise purple group silicon and each have reportedly expressed curiosity in working with AMD going ahead.
AMD’s burgeoning semi-custom unit is racking up some critical enterprise these days, together with Google Stadia and bespoke chips for main games consoles worldwide.
Much of the tech inside both Sony or Microsoft’s next-gen consoles stays a thriller – even given the occasional thrilling codename to decipher. Even AMD’s personal roadmap is barely a little clearer. AMD Ryzen 3000 processors are anticipated to launch mid-year, doubtlessly following an announcement at Computex by CEO Dr. Lisa Su, and AMD Navi graphics playing cards are reportedly nonetheless on monitor for someday in 2019.
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