TECH TALK PT 3: Making a Console. The next next gen.

[teigaga]

Intrinsic said:

teigaga said:
Nice write up. I was recently looking and the reduced sizes of silicon chips in production.

The one thing someone else mentioned though, is that you make chip size is the only factor to consider. I'm sure they are other 28nm chipsets more powerful then the PS4? If so, 14nm should do fine in providing another 8x leap if sony are will to spend a bit more on components this time.

No chip sizes aren't the "only" thing that matters. but it still stands as the most straight forward indication to performance gains in a chip architecture. Mind you, a reduced fabrication process doesn't even mean u just get or can get more transistors. It means you now have more room to work with in a given sized die. So you can add in other specialized components on the chip that improves performance. 

What kind of power leap to you thing we could see by 2017 on 14nm chips within $399 price bracket?