zeldaring said:
sc94597 said:
Yes, it would make sense to move to 6nm from 7nm, as Sony had done with their newer PS5 revision (it saved them money and alleviated their shortage on 8nm.) See: https://www.pcmag.com/news/new-ps5-model-uses-more-efficient-oberon-plus-6nm-chip This detracts from the idea that Nintendo would go 8nm to save money. Both Sony and Microsoft went 8nm, and realized they needed to quickly choose a more recent fab because of how poor 8nm's yields were. Sony in 2021, and Microsoft in 2024. Nvidia switched from 8nm Samsung (Ampere) to 5/4nm TMSC. They don't make chips from 6nm Samsung. |
My point was that 5/4nm seems expensive since Microsoft stuck with 6nm, and between nintendo paying high cost for 5/4nm they probably went 8nm to save money. i mean anything could happen but every souce says 8nm but you right you never know till they open the console up unless nintendo actually announces specs which they haven't for years. |
I believe MS has delayed the transition to 6nm because they are still unable to sell off the 7nm wafers they over-ordered.
Then as previously speculated.
The cost of chips at N4 is not high.
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