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Next-Gen PS5 & XSX |OT| Console tEch threaD

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ethomaz

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Munki

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Yeah smiling and alluding to big things to come was same thing they did for Ps4/Xbox one prior to its unveil. This is par the course and really doesn't say much.

I think one of the more interesting things that they shared was that both AMD and Microsoft started planning the next generation Ryzen family together 2 years ago. It was pretty apparent during this segment and throughout the the presentation that AMD and MS are pretty tight, so much so that Lisa even stated that they "Recognized MS as the most important partner for AMD".
 

joe_zazen

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All of this shows that AMD worked on different tech with Sony and MS. Each console is going to have its own customizations.

Special sauce for everyone, just like Lisa promised. :D

Anyone remember how much money Sony dumped into IBM codeveloping ps3 cpu only to see MS use alot of the same tech in the 360? That was hilariously incompetent Sony. Anyway, if Sony did dump a lot of money into co-dev of navi, no way would they allow it in other consoles, but they would allow it in desktop cards. If they didn't pay, then rdna will be everywhere except Stadia.

I think it will be everywhere because Sony is super cheap now and probably didn't give amd much in the way of resources.
 

SonGoku

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“Raja is a brilliant guy, a brilliant architect, a brilliant marketer, but he lives in the future,” he said. “He’s running a massive organization, and based on my perceptions of Raja and my experience working with him, that doesn’t play to his strengths. We’ll see what happens.”
“We had some wastage on the GPU roadmap where he changed his mind,” he said. “I think that since we’ve really locked that down, we’re making a little bit more rapid progress.”
 

joe_zazen

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tbf the PPE was trash the actual meat and balls of the R&D was spent on the SPUs

Nonetheless, they paid ibm for a cpu that was then sold to their competition. It was a monumental fuck up. Edit and kind of a scummy thing to do that left the lead architect feeling shitty, according to his memoir.
 
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Nonetheless, they paid ibm for a cpu that was then sold to their competition. It was a monumental fuck up. Edit and kind of a scummy thing to do that left the lead architect feeling shitty, according to his memoir.
We don't know the whole story though, maybe Sony funded the SPEs bit while IBM already had a working PPE core.
 

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I think Intel is largely interested in the massive opportunity in datacenter compute that GPUs have, that's a bunch of silicon budget people are spending that they don't have an answer to. When you make a high performance per watt datacenter GPU, it also happens to be good at gaming with some minor changes, which is secondarily how they'll target it.

I'd love to see a GPU market with three fierce competitors, we'll just have to wait and see what Xe is like. I wonder if it won't be a Vega situation where they didn't put the R&D into splitting out the compute and gaming architectures, or Navi which does.
 
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I think one of the more interesting things that they shared was that both AMD and Microsoft started planning the next generation Ryzen family together 2 years ago. It was pretty apparent during this segment and throughout the the presentation that AMD and MS are pretty tight, so much so that Lisa even stated that they "Recognized MS as the most important partner for AMD".

You are reading too much into that. If anything it'll just be the drivers on Microsofts side.
 

Munki

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You are reading too much into that. If anything it'll just be the drivers on Microsofts side.

MS has acquired AMD, calling it now...

Joking aside, they were implying that they are going to announce some pretty big things (E3?) without saying jack shit.

Roanne: I KNOW... OH IF ONLY I COULD... Lisa and I have some inside scoops on the depth of partnership between AMD and Microsoft... not just in PC space but also when it comes to the datacenters and cloud and when it comes to graphics and gaming... I am <really> excited about the stuff that we're doing there.... I think it's going to be next level in terms of the things that you can expect from us... [random closing remarks].
 
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llien

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Do you want me to remember things from the past? :messenger_loudly_crying:
Well, those parts which you claim happened would be nice, ;)

He did leave not long after, apparently quite frustrated. More than having no say on the chip, the rumor is that someone else working on the PS5 semi custom chip got engineers assigned to his or her division as the PS5 contract took priority... probably a cal made by Su herself.
I still cannot wrap my head around it.
It sounds like Vega vs Navi, but that's inside Radeon Group competition, quite below his level.
So, the only way I could imagine that is:

Raja: Vega is more important!
Lisa: Hold on, console business is our bread and butter.

But still, both Navi and Vega would be under his command.
I also recall AMD hiring more engineers, which was after Zen buck well within Raja's reign.


Anyhow, I find this guy to be way overrated.

Anyone remember how much money Sony dumped into IBM codeveloping ps3 cpu only to see MS use alot of the same tech in the 360?
Hm, what do you mean?
Most money went into CELL development.
The point was to leverage dominant market position, create some crazy hardware spec, which would make porting close to impossible, be in full control of the development, while laughing at competitors.
Oh, and the original plan was to have no GPUs at all, but 2 CELL's instead.
 

Ar¢tos

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Does the bulk of cpu/gpu profit comes from the server/professional business for AMD and Nvidia?
The prices of chips are madly different between gaming/casual and server/professional (obviously professional products have different features, but it seems they overcharge just because there is nowhere else for companies to get products with those features, not because of the cost of the features themselves).
 

xool

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Anyone remember how much money Sony dumped into IBM codeveloping ps3 cpu only to see MS use alot of the same tech in the 360? That was hilariously incompetent Sony. Anyway, if Sony did dump a lot of money into co-dev of navi, no way would they allow it in other consoles, but they would allow it in desktop cards. If they didn't pay, then rdna will be everywhere except Stadia.
Hm, what do you mean?
Most money went into CELL development.
The point was to leverage dominant market position, create some crazy hardware spec, which would make porting close to impossible, be in full control of the development, while laughing at competitors.
Oh, and the original plan was to have no GPUs at all, but 2 CELL's instead.

This is a hangover from the BS book some guy wrote claiming to be a big insight into the development of the cell and 360 processors at IBM - people who reviewed the book made out it created a narrative where IBM was basically taking money from Sony, and then using the work to offer MS something good.

There's a summary here , the wall street journal also ran a sensationalised version posing as journalism

the book was The Race for a New Game Machine: Creating the Chips Inside the XBox 360 and the Playstation 3
 

joe_zazen

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This is a hangover from the BS book some guy wrote claiming to be a big insight into the development of the cell and 360 processors at IBM - people who reviewed the book made out it created a narrative where IBM was basically taking money from Sony, and then using the work to offer MS something good.

There's a summary here , the wall street journal also ran a sensationalised version posing as journalism

the book was The Race for a New Game Machine: Creating the Chips Inside the XBox 360 and the Playstation 3

Any proof Shippy was lying?
 
I think one of the more interesting things that they shared was that both AMD and Microsoft started planning the next generation Ryzen family together 2 years ago. It was pretty apparent during this segment and throughout the the presentation that AMD and MS are pretty tight, so much so that Lisa even stated that they "Recognized MS as the most important partner for AMD".

.... Sony too? 😏😙. [pls be true]
 

Ar¢tos

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The real magic of the Cell was its ability to be hotly debated 14 years later
ARM and PowerPC hold no secrets and x86 is meh as a talking point (although the CELL was nothing more than a PowerPC/Risc hybrid). We need a brand new controversial architecture to fire up the Internet!
 

xool

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Any proof Shippy was lying?
I called BS because the imo book was more about creating a good story than being a balanced look.

Half my problem with the book was with the sensationalist reviews - but then - the guy who wrote the book has to take some responsibility for that. If he didn't play up the drama he probably would have sold 4 copies.
 

Raploz

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I don't know if this means anything, but has anyone seen this slide saying "Deep partnership - From console to cloud" in the keynote? They could be talking just about Xbox One, but it's a bit suspicious to show this in a keynote talking about the new architecture... Idk. 😅😅😅


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Panajev2001a

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I don't know if this means anything, but has anyone seen this slide saying "Deep partnership - From console to cloud" in the keynote? They could be talking just about Xbox One, but it's a bit suspicious to show this in a keynote talking about the new architecture... Idk. 😅😅😅


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They are talking about MS cloud and Gaming as that was a consumer part of the event... but more of that the fact that MS is getting lots of EPYC based blades up in their data centres ;).
 
So next-gen consoles will have a lower binned 3700X chip running at 3.2-3.3 GHz with 8 functioning cores and the entire APU die (including the Navi GPU) is gonna cost $100-110 tops?
 

Braldryr

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Woops sorry - delete this post please - didn't know this info was already posted here my bad.
 
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TeamGhobad

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Xbox Infinite (Anaconda)

Die - 352mm^2

GPU - 11.1TFLOP/s
Details: 64 CU, 8 disabled, 56 active, 1548MHz.

CPU - 8 cores, 16 threads, 3.3GHz.
Details: Zen 2.

Memory - 24GB GDDR6, 4GB DDR4.
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Storage - 256GB NVMe SSD, 2TB HDD

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Cooling - Vapor chamber

External media drive - Blu-ray optical drive

Price - 499$

Xbox Infinite Value (Lockhart)

Die - 288mm^2

GPU - 4.98TFLOP/s
Detail: 40CU, 4 disabled, 36 active, 1081MHz.

CPU - 8 cores, 16 threads, 3.3GHz.

Memory - 18GB GDDR6, 4GB DDR4.
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P.S. Take it at your own risk.

this was already posted in this thread. go troll someplace else. honestly why aren't u banned yet?
 

TeamGhobad

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Sorry, I do not check this thread very often and 2nd you gotta stop being hostile for no real reason dude.

3rd - Why you so angry? You not having a good day today?


its a trashy pastebin leak. seriously? and u claim to have insider sources LOL.
 

Braldryr

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its a trashy pastebin leak. seriously? and u claim to have insider sources LOL.

1st off I did not know it was a pastebin leak. I found it on a random forum. 2nd I made a mistake and did not check this thread. 3rd - stop fucking insulting me you fucking idiot. I was only trying to add to the conversation. On the ignore list you go buddy.
 
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TeamGhobad

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I never said that Pastebin was my source you fucking idiot. I was only trying to add to the conversation. Seriously go fuck yourself you piece of shit.

you're a fake leaker that was just exposed. and yes you did claim to be an insider with your daddys business cards. stop making excuses.
 
Im guessing $120-130 for a 350mm2 APU.
Sounds good IMHO. 7nm wafers are more expensive (prices could drop next year, along with increased yields and maybe EUV).

Remember people saying we would never get a $300 CPU on a console? That and an RTX 2080/1080 Ti contender will be very appealing...
 
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