Rumors have been surfacing about the PS4’s processor and GPU recently, both pointing to AMD’s hardware. AMD could be providing a chipset which has both CPU & GPU together in the same chip. More after the jump.
Via GameTrailers (original news source via Kotaku):
Kotaku’s report on potential PS4 hardware cites “gaming industry sources,” later theorizing that Sony’s next-gen console could employe AMD Fusion architecture, which puts CPU and GPU functions on the same processor die.
Last week, a report from Forbes claimed that Sony has tapped AMD to provide the graphics processor for its next video game console, dropping the Nvidia technology used in the PS3.
If AMD and Sony have partnered to make PlayStation 4 hardware, that would likely be bad news for those who cherish hardware-based backwards compatibility in their video game consoles. But given that Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have supported previous generation games through software supported backwards compatibility, all hope may not be lost.
Still rumors and speculations so take this with a grain of salt.
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