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PlayStation 5 Refresh Boasts New 6nm AMD Oberon Plus SoC

By Mark Tyson published 25 September 22

TSMC’s N6 silicon will be a significant contributor in allowing Sony to pare back the PS5 cooling system and reduce system weight for its 2022 refresh.

Sony's Nextorage Demos PCIe 5.0 SSD As It Enters SSD Market

By Anton Shilov published 17 September 22

Sony's Nextorage brand appears to enter PC storage market with Nextorage-branded SSDs.

Sony Slices Another 300 Grams off the Weight of the PlayStation 5

By Mark Tyson published 29 August 22

The Sony PlayStation 5 CFI-1202A (with ODD) is 300g lighter, and the PlayStation 5 CFI-1202B (digital) is 200g lighter. Sony documentation confirms the changes, but no details about what was cut.

Microsoft Won't Drive Up Xbox Pricing Amidst PS5 Price Hike

By Anton Shilov published 25 August 22

For now, Microsoft has no plans to increase Xbox Series X|S prices.

Sony Hikes PlayStation 5 Price in Nearly All Regions

By Anton Shilov last updated 24 October 22

Sony increases PS5 price everywhere except for the U.S. due to global economic environment.

UK Lawsuit Pursues Sony For £5 Billion For Allegedly Overcharging Gamers

By Ian Evenden published 22 August 22

A UK legal action alleging Sony kept PS Store prices high is seeking up to £5 billion in compensation.

All Steam Deck Customers Will Receive Their Devices by Year's End

By Aaron Klotz published 29 July 22

Steam Deck production is looking bright. Valve has confirmed that all Steam Deck reservations currently in the queue, will be fulfilled by the end of this year.

Sony’s PlayStation 5 Finally Gains 1440p Display Support

By Brandon Hill published 28 July 22

1440p support has been added in the latest beta software release for the PS5.

AyaNeo Next II May Sport an Intel Arc or AMD Radeon 6000 Discrete GPU

By Anton Shilov published 29 June 22

The AyaNeo Next II will either come with an Intel Alder lake CPU and Arc GPU or AMD Ryzen 6000 CPU and Radeon 6000 GPU.

Steam Deck Designer Warns Against SSD Mod

By Aaron Klotz published 26 June 22

A valve employee has taken to Twitter to warn against modding the Steam Deck's M.2 drive with a physically bigger SSD.

FSR 2.0 Is Coming To Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One, Already In Testing

By Aaron Klotz published 23 June 22

Consoles finally get a taste of FSR 2.0

Steam Deck Mod Allows for Longer M.2 SSD Upgrades

By Zhiye Liu published 21 June 22

Twitter user Belly Jelly shares his method to convert the Steam Deck's M.2 2230 slot to fit longer M.2 2242 SSDs.

AVX-512 Patch Brings 30% Performance Uplift to PlayStation 3 Emulator

By Anton Shilov last updated 20 June 22

Large register file, data level parallelism, and proper compilers can do wonders

DIYer Turns Chunky PS5 Into a 2cm Watercooled PS5 Slim

By Zhiye Liu published 19 June 22

YouTube channel DIY Perks has created his version of the PlayStation 5 Slim, complete with water cooling.

Aya Neo 2 Geek Handheld Gets Ryzen 7 6800U: Zen 3 and RDNA 2

By Anton Shilov published 3 June 22

Aya Neo 2 Geek may beat Steam Deck in terms of performance, but will only come next year.

Steam Deck Replacement Parts Won't Come Cheap

By Anton Shilov published 21 May 22

iFixit has all internal and external Steam Deck components: from the motherboard to adhesives.

Aya Neo 2 Taps Rembrandt APU to Outmuscle the Steam Deck

By Aaron Klotz last updated 15 May 22

AMD's Ryzen 7 6800U Zen 3+ APU with RDNA 2 graphics powers the new Aya Neo 2 handheld gaming console.

AMD's Console and GPU Team Hiring for Next-Generation SoCs

By Anton Shilov published 13 May 22

AMD's console SoC, GPU team hiring verification engineer for next-generation SoC due in 2024 ~ 2025.

Seagate Reveals Star Wars-Branded FireCuda External HDDs

By Anton Shilov published 4 May 22

Seagate's special edition Star Wars HDDs have Boba Fett, Grogu, and The Mandalorian outside, and 2TB of SMR storage inside.

Steam Deck Framerate Limiter Egregiously Raises Input Latency

By Zhiye Liu last updated 3 May 22

Redditor shares test results concerning the framerate limiter function in the Steam Deck.

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