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EricHiggin on 20 April 2019
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fatslob-:O said:
EricHiggin said:

Well unless EUV has stellar yields by then I can't see PS5 using it. 7nm DUV yields should be at the point that consoles have no worries in terms of available capacity and price by 2020. Third gen Ryzen and Navi should be coming off the line near flawless by then on 7nm DUV so it makes a lot of sense for PS5 to just continue from there.

It's coming in use this year with the new mobile SoCs. 7nm EUV will be a significant improvement in costs because it's using the most advanced scanners to achieve shorter wavelengths to be able to create higher resolution features of the chip without resorting to multiple patterning. Won't have to deal with quadruple patterning anymore like with 7nm DUV or double patterning with 16/14nm ... 

Just being able to do double patterning for 7nm will massively reduce the amount of masks used into making these chips ... 

If EUV is ready for prime time then sure, AMD could potentially use that process for PS5. I'm not saying there wouldn't be benefits, but it would need to be ready for console launch level production and pricing by mid next year, and it just seems less likely for that to be the case. If it does work out, then that's great.



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