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Rumor: PlayStation 4 “essentially a PC”
To abandon the cell processor.
by Sal Romano [@salromano] at 01:45 PM EST, March 1, 2012 .

The PlayStation 4 is “essentially a PC,” in terms of its “technological make-up,” according to a Digital Foundry source.

It will move away from the Cell processor in favor of “an AMD collaboration on the CPU,” which could mean the console utilizes an x86 processor.

A Kotaku rumor published yesterday falls directly in line with Digital Foundry’s claim, which also said Sony would abandon the Cell processor for PlayStation 4.

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