Once again, the portable PS6 is talked about, and this time, it is its raw power that is at the heart of the discussions. What can we learn exactly about the subject at the moment?
Sony has not yet announced anything officially. But the clues accumulate. A PS6 Portable would indeed be in preparation. And if we believe the last Leaks, it promises to be much more ambitious than a simple distance play accessory.
AI to compensate for the power of the portable PS6?
The rumor comes once again from the forum NeoGAF. The Leaker Keplerl2, often well informed about the projects ofAMDshared several technical details on this still unveiled machine. According to him, the console would be the first to take an APU AMD with upscaling by artificial intelligence. The real next Next-Gen at the manufacturer. Clearly, games could be displayed in better quality without consuming too many resources. It is a real asset for a portable machine, where energy and power are necessarily limited.
But that’s not all. The system would have 16 GB of LPDDR5X memory, a rapid and effective mobile RAM, well suited to nomadic devices. A logical choice, since LPDDR6 is not yet ready for the market. On the other hand, the bandwidth would be much lower than that of the Ps5only about a third, which means that the data would circulate less quickly between memory and the processor on the portable PS6.
Less raw power
To compensate for this lack on the portable PS6, Sony would bet on other solutions. In particular a more generous cache and better compression of data. The processor would embark 4 Mo de Cache L2 et 16 Mall Cache. A technology absent from current consoles, but very useful for accelerating memory access and lightening the work of the graphic processor.
Another interesting detail: the console would share its architecture with the future PlayStation 6. It would be based on a modified version of the gfx13also known as RDNA 5 (or UDNA according to certain variants). This confirms that Sony sees far and already prepares the post-PS5.
A backstage compatibility?
If Sony has not confirmed anything at the moment on this portable PS6, some signs suggest that the company is preparing. Recently, a Low consumption mode was spotted in the PS5 and PS5 Pro system updates. This profile may well be thought of to operate with a portable device, by reducing performance to save battery. This reinforces the idea that this machine would not be just a simple distance game terminal, like Portal PlayStation, but a real console in its own right.
It must be said that competition is organized. Microsoft unveiled, during the last Xbox Games Showcasethe ROG Xbox Allya portable game PC designed in partnership with Asus. And according to some sources, the brand also had a real project of a portable console in progress. But the latter would have been paused, the time to optimize Windows 11 for the mobile game, still lagging behind against Steamos. In short, the portable PS6 will have concerns to be done.
Source : KeplerL2
