Reading this got me thinking.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2018-core-i7-g-with-radeon-rx-vega-spec-analysis
If Intel can pack a GPU with the power of PS4 pro inside a tiny case, but with a much better CPU inside, could console manufacturers take the same approach? Rather than waiting for 7nm which might not be mature enough for the big-arse APU's that will need to go in consoles beofre 2020, they could use existing nodes to release a console sooner, with roughly the same power as Xbox One X but with four Ryzen cores which would be a massive step up from Jaguar.
In fact Digital Foundry covered this question already.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2017-could-sony-release-ps5-in-2018-in-theory
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2018-core-i7-g-with-radeon-rx-vega-spec-analysis
If Intel can pack a GPU with the power of PS4 pro inside a tiny case, but with a much better CPU inside, could console manufacturers take the same approach? Rather than waiting for 7nm which might not be mature enough for the big-arse APU's that will need to go in consoles beofre 2020, they could use existing nodes to release a console sooner, with roughly the same power as Xbox One X but with four Ryzen cores which would be a massive step up from Jaguar.
In fact Digital Foundry covered this question already.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2017-could-sony-release-ps5-in-2018-in-theory
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