Wednesday, September 28th 2022
Latest PlayStation 5 Hardware Revision Receives 6 nm "Oberon Plus" SoC to shed 6% Weight
The latest CFI-1202 series hardware revisions of the Sony PlayStation 5 entertainment system receive new "Oberon Plus" SoCs built on the TSMC N6 (6 nm) silicon fabrication node, and could include several new power-management features of the kind seen in AMD Ryzen 6000 mobile-processors, which could bring down the overall weight of the console as it could shed anywhere between 200-300 grams (6.25-6.5 percent) compared to older 2021 models. The CFI-1202B is the Digital-only variant that lacks an optical drive; while the CFI-1202A is the slightly heavier model that comes with a Blu-ray ROM drive. The 6% reduction in weight may not seem like much to the end-user, but has a cumulative effect for Sony to ship them by the thousands.
Sources:
Angstronomics, Tweaktown
15 Comments on Latest PlayStation 5 Hardware Revision Receives 6 nm "Oberon Plus" SoC to shed 6% Weight
So much waste of metals and why - because they don't want to produce an efficient, light and silent box with TDP max 50 watts.
Look at the wall measurement - this sucks power like no-tomorrow.
200-220 W, "Wow, this new PS5 is better!"
This dork still uses FLIR on the exhaust to measure temps...