PS5 May Get Cheaper CPU and New Design in 2022
The previous generation of consoles set a new trend with refreshed versions of hardware and the current generation may continue it. However, no one expected that a new version of the PlayStation 5 with a cheaper AMD processor could go into production so soon.
According to a report by Taiwanese website DigiTimes, it appears that Sony plans to begin production of a new version of PS5 as early as the turn of the second and third quarter of 2022. The Japanese corporation is looking for a way to reduce expenses associated with the console. As is known, the production costs of PS5 are higher than the price of the device, which makes the company incur loss on each sold copy.
According to informants, a remedy is to use a new processor AMD, designed in 6-nanometer technology called TSMC. It is to be cheaper in production than the currently used in PS5 chip, Zen 2 (7 nm), which seems to be confirmed at least by this source, and also much less expensive than the chip planned, according to older rumors, in 5 nm lithography.
This change could add to PlayStation 5's currently severely limited resources around the world. However, despite the ongoing problems, it's fair to say that the console has been a huge success, with Sony not expecting so many units to be sold. However, the company seems to understand the current situation and its representatives themselves have admitted that PS5's supply problem will not be resolved by the end of the fiscal year due to a general shortage of chips. Possible creation of a new design of the console would probably allow the company to correct some inconveniences, such as overheating of the device.
At this point it's unclear whether a refreshed version of PS5 will see major design improvements, or whether the changes will be limited to the processor. Hopefully we'll know a little more about that soon. Perhaps the availability of PlayStation 5 will improve, and we'll finally be able to buy Sony's hardware without a problem.
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