Arwin didn't say 'better', only 'smaller', which you can't deny - it would have been smaller by maybe 20-25% (going by eye), if the mobo could be shrunk.
PlayStation 4 (codename Orbis) technical hardware investigation (news and rumours)
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How cool is that. Especially the CGI thing that puts it back together at the end
Also, it makes you wonder how much smaller it could have been still if it had an external powerbrick.
Think of the internal power supply as part of the ad campaign, smaller, cheaper, with an internal power supply and the most powerful console evah ...
Nice design. Looking at my old "60 gb" ... well those Foreman Grill memes when the PS3 was shown come to mind very quickly
The CR2032 battery is 20mm across, and the APU looks "similar"?
That console is seriously beautiful...
The oblique shape leaning towards the jet-engine-exhaust appearing vents, the stacked appearance with the clean indentations.... the contrast of the matte and reflective finish...
Just gorgeous... the designer has seriously exceeded my expectations... the most beautiful PlayStation ever in my opinion.
I am a huge fan of the original PS2 design, as well as the Slim PS2 series... I feel like this design is just like those but with even more amplified features, and just as slick.
Amazing work
Edit - Video of a teardown uploaded today: http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2013/11/playstation4-teardown-video/
I agree with this! The PS4 is one nice looking machine
TDP should be higher than the Slim, but there's more heatsink surface area, and more copper/heatpipes (or at least better placed), so it should be similar under high performance games, and should be completely silent during media playback.
I wish we could read the chips markings
It's amazing how few wires there are, and how there isn't a square inch wasted, everything interlocks, and all connectors are soldered on the motherboard. Even the HDD. The area required for the SoC+Memory is really small.
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Including the GDDR5 memory, it's at least the equivalent of a 7850 (a few more CU, but bit lower clock) plus whatever the CPU requires. I don't see how it can be less than 130W for the entire console (at full load).
I'm curious if PS4 is designed with the best performance/cost index ?
For instance, if PS4 uses HD 7850 + 2GB VRAM + main RAM 8GB DDR3, what is the actual performance compared with current design (1.843 Gflops with 8GB GDDR5)? Is production cost lower due to the use of 8GB DDR3?
For instance, if PS4 uses HD 7850 + 2GB VRAM + main RAM 8GB DDR3, what is the actual performance compared with current design (1.843 Gflops with 8GB GDDR5)? Is production cost lower due to the use of 8GB DDR3?
http://i.imgur.com/LBItG5W.jpg
The rectangular chip on the left of the south bridge... Samsung... flash or memory?
Lots of caps around it means flash I think.
4 PCIe lanes to the SB.
There's a small chip between the SB and the SATA connectors. I'm scared.
The rectangular chip on the left of the south bridge... Samsung... flash or memory?
Lots of caps around it means flash I think.
4 PCIe lanes to the SB.
There's a small chip between the SB and the SATA connectors. I'm scared.
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Goes against their principal complaint with the PS3 - split memory pool.
Thanks!
Imagine if AMD ever allows Kaveri and its successors to use gdrr5m or better how tiny a steambox (for example) without BRD player and an external power brick could get :8O:How cool is that. Especially the CGI thing that puts it back together at the end
Also, it makes you wonder how much smaller it could have been still if it had an external powerbrick.
Pretty much a Game Cube.
Better take a GDDR5 chip dimensions as a reference (12 mm x 14 mm).
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You can definitely see the PCB savings with the GDDR5 trace routes vs DDR3.
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