According to recent leaks, Sony Interactive Entertainment has registered a new PS5 model in Japan. This means that the next-gen console will experience a second overhaul since its launch in 2020. How will the new PS5 model be and how is it different from the PS5?
Sony registered new PS5 model in Japan
Upon being noticed by a Twitter user, Sony submitted a new console production application to the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications in April 2022. we learned. The console with the codename “CFI-1200” and updated radio equipment is thought to be the new model for PS5.
Announced in 2020, the first version of the PS5 had the “CFI-1XXX” numbering scheme. In the revised models offered to users in 2021, the “CFI-11XX” scheme was preferred. However, the writing of “CFI-1200” in the new application indicates that the hardware will change for PlayStation 5.
While it is unknown which part will be updated on the next generation console, Sony and AMD in May It turned out that there was an agreement between them. We know that the Japanese company wants a new semi-customized 6nm CPU from AMD.
6nm CPU production, which will include giant suppliers such as TSMC, is expected to start production between the second and third quarters of this year.
Also last year’s PS5 version redesigned the heatsink, but interestingly, this change was claimed to “make the console worse.” The cooler, which is smaller compared to the model in 2020, still has not been subjected to any extensive testing.
Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki stated that they wanted to end the problem in PlayStation 5 stocks with new productions. In addition, the company stated that they want to sell around 18 million PS5 consoles by the fiscal year that will end in March 2023.
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