News Sony's PlayStation 5 Slim Dissected: Same 6nm SoC, Different Cooling

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Slim version of Sony's PlayStation 5 uses the same 6nm AMD SoC, but is completely re-engineered from the ground up to make it smaller.

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Sony's new PS5 Slim is powered by the same AMD-designed system-on-chip (SoC) made on TSMC's N6 (7nm-class with enhancements) that powers the original one.

No, the original PS5 did not use TSMC N6 - it used N7. It wasn't until about the 3rd major hardware rev (counting the original as #1) that they switched to N6.

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PlayStation 5 - Wikipedia

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Here's the first update:

Sony Introduces First PS5 Revision With "Cheaper" Construction

It's lighter and quieter than the original PS5

www.tomshardware.com

And here's the second update, which included the N6 die-shrink. Amazingly, you wrote that article, Anton!

Sony Reportedly Prepping PS5 With 6nm AMD CPU

Sony's partners are gearing up for a redesigned PS5.

www.tomshardware.com

The N6 version did provide further weight savings beyond the previous version, as well as power savings over the original N7 chip.