PS4 Initial Cost Analysis (GAF / Beyond3D)

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ethomaz said:

KHlover said:
APU (CPU/GPU) - 85-90

Of course I don't know much about Sony's contracts with AMD, but $90 for an 8-core CPU and a DX11 GPU combined sounds a bit too low to be believeable.

I can't see any GPU chip in 28nm costing more than $50... and the 4-core Jaguar is suposed to be cheaper (less than $20).

28nm process doesn't mean it can't cost more than $50, process size doesn't have anything to do with resail price of said hardware. Nonsense.

AMD has been specializing in relatively low powered CPUs with lots of cores and APUs for a while now, they can easily get the price down to $90 for end price Sony pays.

 

The blu-ray drive price is way out though, that's going to be around $10-$15 max cost.