| JRPGfan said: The cooler & psu will shrink again, once the chip uses half as much power as current models do (14-16nm + finFETs, will be a huge step from 28nm). It wont get much smaller than current PS4s I think. Unless since its release, they found a more cleaver way to manage the PCB layout. The main thing will be it ll be cheaper to produce (smaller psu & cooling unit, slightly smaller cabinet), and maybe save a bit on the chip itself. Which will lead to a price cut. |
Exactly. The current cpu is 28nm, a 14nm process would have a tremendous impact on the cpu size, power, cooling, and cost. I'm not a specialist, but everything is about halved. And the PS4 cpu is most of the console, most of its heat, it's a massive and relatively costly APU.
So, when ? I bet on 2016 ! For 2 reasons, First, Sony has been a little more than 1 year late compared to Intel for any process (90 nm, 65 nm, 45 nm), and Intel started using 14 nm on march 2015. Second, AMD is said to be switching to 14 nm process in 2016.
