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    Sony PS4 development kit FCC filing shows off extra ports, 2.75 GHz max clock frequency

    By Richard Lawler posted Jul 16th, 2013 at 2:37 A.M.



    Sony proudly showed off its PlayStation 4 hardware for the first time at E3, and now we're getting a peek at what developers are working with this generation thanks to the FCC.

    The DUH-D1000AA prototype Development Kit for PS4 is listed in these documents, tested for its Bluetooth and 802.11 b/g/n WiFi radios. As one would expect, the diagrams show it eschews the sleek design of the consumer model for extra cooling, a shape made for rack mounts plus extra indicator lights and ports.

    Also of note is a "max clock frequency" listing of 2.75GHz, and although we don't know how fast the game system will run by default, it's interesting to hear what all that silicon may be capable of (as a commenter points out below, that may relate to the system's 8GB of GDDR5 RAM) while maintaining a temperature between 5 and 35 degrees celsius.

    Hit the link below to check out the documents for yourself, after seeing this and the system's controller become a part of the FCC's database all we're left waiting for is Mark Cerny's baby.



    Source: FCC
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  • #2
    Only 2.75 GHz? Wasn't the 360 3.00 GHz?

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    • #3
      http://hardware.teamxbox.com/article...ifications/p1/
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      • #4
        3.2 each... Whoa. that's' about 9.6 GHz total right? So how many CPU's does PS4 have?

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        • #5
          The hardware

          From Microsoft’s mouth, we know that the Xbox One (formerly known as the Xbox 720) has an 8-core AMD CPU with 8GB of DDR3 RAM, a 500GB hard drive, HDMI in/out, USB 3.0, and Gigabit Ethernet. For more detailed specs, we must look towards the latest info from the games development sector, which has been programming Xbox One games since last year and thus has intimate knowledge of the hardware. The latest leaks suggest that the Xbox One will have an 8-core 64-bit x86 Jaguar AMD CPU @ 1.6GHz, coupled with a GPU that’s very close to the Radeon HD 7790. The Xbox One will have 68GB/sec of bandwidth between the CPU/GPU and RAM, the GPU will have 102GB/s of bandwidth to a local 32MB SRAM cache, and another 30GB/s of bandwidth to gamepads, Kinect, and other peripherals.

          Xbox One hardware diagram. Note the ports on the back.

          The PS4, as seen from behind. Note the lack of connectivity compared to the Xbox One.

          The PS4, in comparison, has an 8-core Jaguar AMD CPU, with a GPU that’s around the same level as the Radeon 7870 (which is significantly more powerful than the 7790). The PS4 has 8GB of GDDR5 RAM, providing 176GB/s of bandwidth to both the CPU and GPU. The Xbox One mostly ameliorates this difference with 32MB of high-speed SRAM on the GPU, but it will be a more complex architecture to take advantage of.

          In both consoles, the CPU and GPU will be on the same die (an AMD APU). Just as the PS4 has 8GB of high-speed memory that is shared by the CPU and GPU, the Xbox One, by virtue of being based on the same APU heterogeneous system architecture (HSA), will probably be the same. In short, while there are small hardware differences between the consoles, they will ultimately have very similar performance characteristics. The PS4, with its one, big block of fast RAM, and bigger GPU, probably has the edge.

          Connectivity-wise, the Xbox One definitely has more sockets — in particular, the PS4 lacks an HDMI in. This means that the PS4 can’t be used as a media center in the same way as the Xbox One, though the PS4 will still have lots of streaming content, I’m sure.

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          • #6
            Impressive...but something I have always wondered. What is the strongest PC known to man? A while back someone said that one PC was running at 6.0 GHz or something similar.

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            • #7
              No clue on that one.
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              • #8
                Originally posted by 47iscool View Post
                Only 2.75 GHz? Wasn't the 360 3.00 GHz?
                yes, next gen systems (PS4/XBone) are running at slow clock speed then current gen (PS3/X360)
                due different cpu architecture.
                Originally posted by 47iscool View Post
                3.2 each... Whoa. that's' about 9.6 GHz total right?
                not total "3.2 x 3 = 9.6"
                each core run independent from each other to produce efficiency
                its like having multi hands (3 hands is better than having 1 hand)
                Originally posted by 47iscool View Post
                So how many CPU's does PS4 have?
                http://www.ign.com/wikis/xbox-one/PS...mparison_Chart
                Originally posted by 47iscool View Post
                Impressive...but something I have always wondered. What is the strongest PC known to man? A while back someone said that one PC was running at 6.0 GHz or something similar.
                http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/09/...ith-8-4ghz-cpu
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