56 CUs in the Series X would be insane, even more so than pushing AMD GPUs to 2000 MHz. 400mm2+ on 7 nm ain't going to be cheap chief. But the leaks from Taiwan seemed to point out a ~350 mm2 APU for the Series X (broadly consistent with the mock-up images Microsoft divulged) versus a 300 mm2 APU for the PS5. That to me indicates room for no more than 48 CUs, so who knows if that's indeed the case. By the way, if RT isn't included in the PS5's APU, it doesn't mean there isn't a custom chip dedicated to it. Cerny confirmed there will be a hardware solution, so I wouldn't be concerned about this particular point.
Also, the people expecting massive subsidies from either company need to remember the very reason they are massive companies is because of how tech specially is priced on the market. Try to be the senior vice president proposing shareholders you are going to take a $2 billion loss to perhaps take the lead on one of your smaller enterprises, relatively speaking. Specially considering most of your money comes from an online service that has nothing to do with hardware and opening youself to be sniped by a pro version of your competition's console in two years or so.
Last edited by haxxiy - on 31 December 2019
