Sony’s Next-gen Console, PlayStation 4 ‘PS4′ Specs Leaked

Sony’s Next-gen Console, PlayStation 4 ‘PS4′ Specs Leaked

Following Microsoft‘s Xbox 720 specs leaked recently, It’s time to turn our attention to Sony’s offering with the new Game console, PS4.

Sony‘s Next-gen console, PS4, codenamed Orbis, is said to be powered by an 8-core CPU based on “Jaguar” technology by AMD. According to VGLeaks, there are 3 iterations of devkits make the evolution of Orbis through the years.

Details of each devkit are listed below:

1- R10 Board (with special BIOS) assemble in a Generic PC

• Requires Windows 7 64 bit edition
• Recommend
• Sandy Bridge (Intel) or Bulldozer (AMD)
• Minimum 8 GB RAM (system memory)
• 650 Watt PSU
• VS2010 SP1
• DWM (Desktop Windows Manager) must be turned off
• Application will use Windows services for everything except GPU interface
• SCE will provide “Gnm”, a custom GPU interface

DVKT-KS000K system block diagram

2- DVKT-KS000K (“Initial 1″)

• Runs Orbis OS
• CPU: Bulldozer 8-core, 1.6 Ghz
• Graphics Card: R10 with special BIOS
• RAM: 8 GB (system memory)
• BD Drive
• HDD: 2.5 ” 160 GB
• Network Controller
• Custom South Bridge allows access to controller prototypes

3- SoC Based Devkit

• Available January 2013
• CPU: 8-core Jaguar
• GPU: Liverpool GPU
• RAM: unified 8 GB for devkit (4 GB for the retail console)
• Subsystem: HDD, Network Controller, BD Drive, Bluetooth Controller, WLAN and HDMI (up to 1980×1080@3D)
• Analog Outputs: Audio, Composite Video
• Connection to Host: USB 3.0 (targeting over 200 MB/s),
• ORBIS Dualshock
• Dual Camera