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From PS4 Pro tear downs it can be seen that the Blu Ray chip is now located on the motherbaord instead of a seprate daughterboard installed on the Blu Ray Drive like it was on the original PS4s

http://www.psdevwiki.com/ps4/BDP-025

https://de.ifixit.com/Teardown/PlayStation+4+Pro+Teardown/72946

 

original PS4 daughterboard of the Blu Ray Drive having the Renesas SCEI R9J04G011FP1 processor

 

 

PS4 Pro motherboard having the Renesas SCEI R9J04G011FP1 processor on the motherboard (in green)

 

comunication, updating and flashing should now be a lot easier in order to run 4K Blurays on PS4 Pro