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The yet-to-be-announced PlayStation handheld will feature AI upscaling, and some of its specs will address the lower memory bandwidth compared to the base PlayStation 5.

Speaking on the NeoGAF forums, well-known AMD leaker K KeplerL2 revealed some additional information about the handheld that's been rumored to be in the works for a while, revealing that the AMD APU that will power the system will be the only one from the company to have AI upscaling in the near future. The leaker also added that the handheld will come with 16 GB LPDDR5X RAM despite launching in a few years, as LPDDR6 is still away, and that it will have 1/3 of the base PlayStation 5 memory bandwidth, although with more cache and improved memory compression. Clarifying the cache the system will feature, the leaker confirmed it will come with 4MB of L2 cache and 16 MB of MALL cache, which the current generation systems don't have. Regarding the architecture of the PlayStation handheld, KeplerL2 reiterated that both the handheld and the PlayStation 6 will be based on a fork of the gfx13 (RDNA5/UDNA) architecture.

While the PlayStation handheld has been rumored to be in the works for a while, Sony has provided no indication that such a system exists. Still, last week, it was revealed that the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro will soon get a low energy mode that will reduce performance to save power, which is believed to be a performance profile for this yet-to-be-detected handheld, so it seems increasingly likely that a handheld system is indeed in development.

While Sony has yet to confirm if the PlayStation handheld is indeed in the works, Microsoft made part of its plans for the handheld market clear during this year's Xbox Game Showcase with the announcement of the ROG Xbox Ally, a handheld gaming PC coming in a clear Xbox flavor. The company was reportedly also working on a full-blown handheld system, but plans were reportedly halted to focus on improving the Windows 11 handheld gaming performance, which is lagging behind the performance offered by SteamOS.

PlayStation Handheld to Feature AI Upscaling, 16 GB LPDDR5X RAM, and 16 MB MALL to Offset Lower Memory Bandwidth Compared to Base PS5 - Rumor

A well-known AMD leaker shared in the past few days some additional information on the yet-to-be-announced PlayStation Handheld.

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[nial]

NeoGAF > Internet > NeoGAF.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

There's that famous NeoGAF - internet - NeoGAF thing again

 

[Topher]

NeoGAF > Internet > NeoGAF.

There's that famous NeoGAF - internet - NeoGAF thing again

What does that mean?

 

[Trogdor1123]

Tell me how to feel about this gaf. So far I feel nothing as I have no idea what those specs mean.

 

[EviLore]

What does that mean?

Journalists get their news from NeoGAF posts, write articles about it, then those articles get posted on NeoGAF again as news. Always fun when it happens.

 

[nial]

What does that mean?

News, leaks, rumors, etc. originating from NeoGAF being shared by external outlets, only to then being posted back to NeoGAF.

 

[Topher]

Journalists get their news from NeoGAF posts, write articles about it, then those articles get posted on NeoGAF again as news. Always fun when it happens.

News, leaks, rumors, etc. originating from NeoGAF being shared by external outlets, only to then being posted back to NeoGAF.

Ah....of course. Yeah, nice to see

 

[Mr Moose]

What does that mean?

The source is coming from inside the house.

 

[IDKFA]

Sounds great if true.

The Portal is okay, but not really useful if I'm travelling. I need a device that I can download my PlayStation library to and play offline.

If the price is right, I'll be there day 1.

 

[Shmunter]

Ffs Sony. Do not make a tard sku

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Waiting for X chuds to say this doesn't play steam or 360 games. L for Sony.

 

[RoboFu]

I'm going say Sony will make a handheld but it will be a PC handheld and not a PlayStation.

 

[Topher]

I'm going say Sony will make a handheld but it will be a PC handheld and not a PlayStation.

I'd say there is little to no chance of that

 

[reinking]

Journalists get their news from NeoGAF posts, write articles about it, then those articles get posted on NeoGAF again as news. Always fun when it happens.

NeoGAF is influencing the world through AI... (notation 1)

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/repo...ing-by-the-end-of-june.1684906/post-270490751

 

[nowhat]

NeoGAF > Internet > NeoGAF.

It's like a GAFception.

 

[realcool]

Does this vindicate Moore's Law Is Dead?

 

[FrankWza]

The source is coming from inside the house.

 

[Tg89]

Eh I dunno man.

Sony has gone hard into the high production value/fidelity prestige lane. It's basically their bread and butter for everything internal. I don't see how that reconciles with a mass market handheld.

 

[paolo11]

Journalists get their news from NeoGAF posts, write articles about it, then those articles get posted on NeoGAF again as news. Always fun when it happens.

Yup. This is the website to be for first gaming news. Glad to be part of it

 

[GHG]

It's a great shame that the portal has sold as well as it has, fooling Sony in to thinking that a dedicated handheld is something they should do.

Even worse if this means there's a split SKU strategy brewing at the moment, would be a disaster in all honesty.

 

[RedC]

 

[yurinka]

I'm going say Sony will make a handheld but it will be a PC handheld and not a PlayStation.

I'd say there is little to no chance of that

The hardware mentioned in the OP is a PC handheld.

A different question is if Sony will allow users to optionally install there other OS as could be SteamOS or Windows. Or if they'll use the open source Proton to run Windows games on their own OS, as could be the ones they'll sell in their upcoming PC PSN store.

 

[Plies]

16GB ram?

 

[Topher]

The hardware mentioned in the OP is a PC handheld. A different question is if Sony will allow users to optionally install there other OS as could be SteamOS or Windows.

How do we know it is a PC handheld based on the hardware described?

 

[nial]

The hardware mentioned in the OP is a PC handheld. A different question is if Sony will allow users to optionally install there other OS as could be SteamOS or Windows.

No, it isn't.

 

[bender]

How do we know the hardware is PC handheld?

Follow the clue man.

 

[yurinka]

How do we know the hardware is PC handheld?

Because it uses a PC arquitecture (as is AMD's RDNA/UDNA) and enough memory, instead of a mobile one (as is ARM or Tegra).

 

[Simpdimples]

are they really gonna throttle the ps6 with a new (prolly worse) series s? gay

 

[onQ123]

Journalists get their news from NeoGAF posts, write articles about it, then those articles get posted on NeoGAF again as news. Always fun when it happens.

We are the source!

 

[Topher]

Because it uses a PC arquitecture (AMD's RDNA/UDNA) instead of a mobile one (ARM or Tegra).

The handheld and PS6 will be based off the same architecture. That makes sense, but it doesn't dictate that the handheld must be a PC.

 

[onQ123]

are they really gonna throttle the ps6 with a new (prolly worse) series s? gay

This will clearly be playing PS5 games & hybrids of PS5 games

 

[Simpdimples]

This will clearly be playing PS5 games & hybrids of PS5 games

that makes more sense. and could also play less demanding ps6 i assume. as long as its not mandated could be cool.

 

[RoboFu]

You think Sony would put out a ps5 handheld at the end of the ps5s life? That would be a 32x level of mistake. Unless they plan to carry on with the ps5 for 10 years ??

 

[Imtjnotu]

DAY. ONE.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Wow a 16 MB mall, is that mall going to have Macy's and Nordstrom? It better have a food court or I'm out

More relevant here, that mall needs to have a Gamestop

 

[Topher]

You think Sony would put out a ps5 handheld at the end of the ps5s life? That would be a 32x level of mistake. Unless they plan to carry on with the ps5 for 10 years ??

What would be the point of making a PC handheld? What would they call it? PlayStation PC? That would be a Microsoft level of mistake.

 

[IDKFA]

You think Sony would put out a ps5 handheld at the end of the ps5s life? That would be a 32x level of mistake. Unless they plan to carry on with the ps5 for 10 years ??

Why not? PS4 games are still being released now.

The handheld will also have access to your PS library.

Probably best to not think of it as a standalone console, but more of a companion piece like the current Portal, only this one will be able to download games rather than just stream.

 

[Represent.]

I hope this fails harder than Concord.

But it won't… Jesus Christ, Sony is done

 

[Fafalada]

Because it uses a PC arquitecture (as is AMD's RDNA/UDNA) and enough memory, instead of a mobile one (as is ARM or Tegra).

Right - just as PS5 and PS4 were desktop PCs.

 

[Dr Bass]

Eh I dunno man.

Sony has gone hard into the high production value/fidelity prestige lane. It's basically their bread and butter for everything internal. I don't see how that reconciles with a mass market handheld.

I agree with this. It feels like these companies don't understand their target audience and think the magic is purely in things like "power" or a form factor.

 

[onQ123]

I hope this fails harder than Concord.

But it won't… Jesus Christ, Sony is done

PlayStation is at the top of their game right now how are they done?

 

[Holammer]

Playstation portable will make anime real, quote me on that.

 

[bitbydeath]

Because it uses a PC arquitecture (as is AMD's RDNA/UDNA) and enough memory, instead of a mobile one (as is ARM or Tegra).

I'd argue that hardware does not determine if it is a PC/Console, it is the software.

PC=Windows.

Macs/Linux devices aren't considered as PC's either.

 

[nial]

You think Sony would put out a ps5 handheld at the end of the ps5s life? That would be a 32x level of mistake. Unless they plan to carry on with the ps5 for 10 years ??

Because it's actually PS6 Portable.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Little PSSR

 

[DeltaPolarBear]

Journalists get their news from NeoGAF posts, write articles about it, then those articles get posted on NeoGAF again as news. Always fun when it happens.

That happened to me once. I chased the rumor mill over a statement that I disagree with, and several jumps later it ended up back here from a hypothetical post I made about the matter.

 

[lh032]

imagine this handheld share the same library as the ps5 console......i think is a win if sony dont get too greedy

 

[Topher]

I'd argue that hardware does not determine if it is a PC/Console, it is the software.

PC=Windows.

Macs/Linux devices aren't considered as PC's either.

You think a PC is Windows and only Windows?

 

[EviLore]

imagine this handheld share the same library as the ps5 console......i think is a win if sony dont get too greedy

A big if for any platform holder other than Valve in the year of our lord 2025, but agreed.