AMD Ramps Up Custom SoC Production for Next-Generation Consoles

[AleksandarK]

Both Sony and Microsoft are expected to soon launch their next-generation consoles, which are highly anticipated among console gamers as they will bring some of the latest advancements in graphics, like ray tracing. The current situation in the world is that everything is slowed down due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Companies across the world have mostly slowed down their production lines due to the less demand, however, AMD has done exactly the opposite for their custom SoC customers. In wake of expected high demand, AMD has ramped up its production lines so it can supply Sony and Microsoft for their next-generation consoles—PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. This is an encouraging sign that the demand is going to be strong - and that AMD is up to the task of delivering.



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[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Noice. now take my money already.

 

[Valantar]

Interesting choice of illustration - what looks like a (currently nonexistent) Navi GPU die with HBM. Wouldn't one of the hundreds of available shots of the XSX SoC be a better illustration, seeing how none of the consoles will be using HBM, and while they are indeed RDNA-based, they are also SoCs with CPU cores etc?

 

[R0H1T]

Well we really don't know if there's an (upcoming) console with HBM chip or not, there was that China exclusive Subor so who knows?

 

[Valantar]

Well we really don't know if there's an (upcoming) console with HBM chip or not, there was that China exclusive Subor so who knows?

Neither of the two consoles covered in this post will use HBM. There are no other players in the console space big enough to warrant mentioning in the same post as the two major ones - MS and Sony. Sure, there might be some odd China-specific chip this generation too, but it's unlikely, and even more unlikely for such a chip to use expensive HBM.