Digital Foundry believes they may have found PS5's chipset

[EricHiggin]

fatslob-:O said:

EricHiggin said:

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.

TSMC has already started on mass production (the last step before commercial launch of products) of 7nm EUV nearly a month ago so you can more than guarantee that it'll be ready by LATE 2020 ... 

We're talking about a logic node that's likely going to be more than a year old by the time the new systems will do a hard launch ... 

7nm DUV was in risk production back in 2017, has been "active" (mass?) since April 2018, and should finally hit full production in third quarter of 2019. I watched a video today on YouTube that stated Ryzen chips apparently are seeing 70% yields right now on the 7nm DUV process. Based on this, you would have to be extremely optimistic to assume 7nm EUV will be at an acceptable yield for the PS5 by next year. That's also if we're talking just the PS5. For all we know both new XB's plus PS5 could be launching in 2020.

Again, that's not to say it's impossible, but if 7nm DUV is ahead and only at 70% after this long, then it should be right where consoles need it by next year. It would seem more likely the consoles could maybe use EUV if they held off until 2021. If they do use EUV, I'd be quite surprised.

https://www.techpowerup.com/252503/tsmc-7nm-euv-process-to-enter-mass-production-in-march-2019

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tsmc-7nm-chip-orders-increase-amd,38982.html