| vivster said: I think you're reaching the wrong conclusion here. There is absolutely no need for the next generation to be on 7nm. At least not to be 4 times as powerful. Changes in architecture can have some profound effects on performance. |
Probably not, but if the time frame for Intel is correct, even with AMD trailling behind for 18 months and supposing that AMD still gets to make the consoles, we get in a decent approximate timeframe of 2019/20, reasonable for 9th gen.
And I would add that aren't just changes in the architecture. If they decide to use a regular CPU + GPU combination instead of APU they will end up with a larger combined die size. However, looking at the lack of overheating issues, pricing and good performance granted by these APUs, I can see them sticking with these design.
